The “one size fits all” approach of the F-35 seems to have produced compromises that pleased nobody.Ī Lockheed Martin concept image of its proposed sixth-generation combat fighter. Part of the fix appears to be a return to different aircraft types for the US Navy and Air Force. So the appearance of a potential replacement is, in many quarters, a welcome development. “I would absolutely call the F-35 a lemon,” a former US Marine Corps aviation captain declared. The entire fleet can’t fly faster than the speed of sound for longer than a few seconds because of fears they will break up. It’s estimated that one in five aircraft are sitting idle with severe engine failure and a lack of spare parts. Seven of them are classified as “critical”. Some 900 design flaws have been designated. The US Armed Services Committee chair Adam Smith has declared he wants to stop “throwing money down that particular rat hole”. Now the entire F-35 project is again in doubt. Now the race is on to salvage the $150 million jet from the South China Sea before its technology can be recovered by Beijing. и F35âs covered in rust /ybH8FLKmWV- ASB News / MILITARYã½ï¸ January 28, 2022Īnd, on January 24, one of the ultra-advanced, computer-assisted aircraft crashed on landing – injuring about eight crew members before skidding into the sea.
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