In before the hate storm
An accident investigation board has pegged the cost of last year’s “catastrophic engine failure” of an A-model Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at $50 million. ... “The engine failed when the third-stage forward integral arm of a rotor fractured and liberated during the takeoff roll,” AETC said in a statement.
This story just Jinxed the F-35
A very significant milestone indeed. However, with that many hardpoints on the wings there’s probably not much stealth left in the radar signature.
Have they installed a gun yet?
It’s still the most expensive and useless POS the military has ever bought.
At $42k cost per flight hour, 17k flight hours cost $714M to operate.. pathetic.
Has it killed anything yet? Besides the defense budget?
Outstanding! Good part of a great air offense. Drive on!
Any information, and I mean ANY, coming from a contractor or the military side using the contractor, is suspect, imo. Witnesses too much of that crap.