The F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Photo: MoD
Daily Mail: Controversial £5billion fighter jet which took 15 years to build dogged by problems every week, says engineer
* Joint Strike Fighter has already cost £5billion and taken 15 years to build
* It has suffered a series of setbacks including a fire which grounded fleet
* It was also beaten in a combat exercise by a jet designed 40 years ago
* Senior engineers have now revealed yet more faults with the aircraft
The controversial Joint Strike Fighter stealth jet is being dogged by new technical problems every week, the most senior British engineer working on the aircraft has revealed.
The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has already cost £5 billion and taken 15 years to develop.
It has suffered a series of setbacks including a freak fire which grounded the fleet and the admission earlier this year that it was beaten in a combat exercise by a jet designed 40 years ago.
Update: Engineer warns over new fighter jet coming to RAF Marham -- Eastern Daily Press:
WNU Editor: What can I say that I have not said before .... the problems just keep on growing.
1 comment:
It's a mass production multirole stealth jet.
War does not determine who's right or wrong, but who's left.
The purpose of this plane is air dominance and that is only achieved with high production rates and ease of use. Who wins a drone war, the person with the best drones or the person with the most drones?
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