Thursday, December 11, 2014

Fuel Tankers That Supply The F-35 Have A Paint Job Problem

U.S. Air Force via Bloomberg

A $4,000 Paint Job To Keep The Pentagon's New $400 Billion Fighter Jets Running -- Bloomberg

The F-35 Lightning II is the most expensive fighter jet in military history, with a total cost of nearly $400 billion to produce a planned fleet of more than 2,400 planes. Just don't expect any of them to fly with anything warmer than tepid jet fuel.

When the fuel for the F-35 hits higher temperatures, there's a chance the jets will experience what the Air Force described as a "shutdown." To keep each $100 million-plus jet running at Luke Air Force Base, located northwest of Phoenix, the 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron is preparing to repaint its fuel trucks, currently green.

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More News On the F-35s Fuel Tanker Problem

The F-35 Can't Run On Warm Gas From A Fuel Truck That Sat In The Sun -- Foxtrot Alpha/Jalopnik
Air base prepares in case F-35 can't take hot fuel -- CNBC
The Tale Of The F-35 And Hot Jet Fuel -- Breaking Defense
Air Force Worries Hot Fuel Could Harm F-35, "Proactively" Paints Trucks Bright White -- Daily Tech

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