An F-35A Lightning II taxis before takeoff to participate in simulated defensive counter air operations Dec. 8, 2016, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. (U.S. Air Force / Staff Sgt. Peter Thompson)
Military.com: Only Half of F-35s Available for Flight, Program Head Says
News that two-thirds of the Navy's aging F/A-18 Hornets were stuck on the flightline lit up headlines last year. But the defense department's brand-new 5th-generation fighter program is also struggling to ensure that its shiny new aircraft are flyable, the three-star director of the program this week.
Of the 280 operational F-35s purchased to date by U.S. and international partners, only 51 percent are currently available for flight, Vice Adm. Mat Winter, director of the F-35 Joint Program Office, told reporters Wednesday at a round-table event.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 5, 2018
Lockheed Negotiating Tactics Delaying F-35 Deal, Program Director Says -- DoD Buzz
Russia Admits Su-57s Were In Syria But Claims They Left After Just Two Days -- Warzone/The Drive
A new 'Kraken' arises? Russians eager to name doomsday arms -- AP
Why is Russia Building Nuclear Powered Cruise Missiles? The Answer: “Capacity” -- Dave Majumdar, National Interest
Russia's Navy Might Be Modernizing—But It's Overstretched -- Lyle J. Goldstein, National Interest
China Completes Military Staff Reduction by 300,000 Soldiers -- Sputnik
Japan's navy to buy tanker to fuel ships patrolling East China Sea -- Channel News Asia/Reuters
North Korea’s Time-Buying Strategy -- Khang Vu, RCD
Iran Claims It Turned a Sidewinder Into a "New" Anti-Tank Missile -- Warzone/The Drive
EU forces training CAR soldiers to rebuild army -- Al Jazeera
Weapons: Ukraine Goes West For Sniper Rifles -- Strategy Page
A Guide to the Type 26 ‘City class’ Frigate -- UK Defense Journal
Airbus Signals Job Cuts for Troubled Jumbo, Military Programs -- Bloomberg
US aircraft carrier visits Vietnam for the first time since 1970s in a wake up call to China -- Business Insider/Reuters
Shipbuilders Worried About Navy Plan for 1 LCS in 2019 Ahead of Frigate Transition -- USNI News
The US Navy's next advanced aircraft carrier is 70% complete — watch the latest 888-ton chuck drop into place -- Business Insider
Army Speeding Up Robotics Acquisition Process -- National Defense
Soldiers See Real-Time Drone Feeds From New Handheld Devices -- Warrior Maven
The next generation of bomb disposal robots -- Defense Systems
Air Force tries to create a warrior culture in space -- Space News
Key Missile Defense Installation Will be Uninhabitable in Less Than 20 Years -- Scientific American
Wichita airman’s idea could save the Air Force $132 million -- Wichita Eagle
Electronic Weapons: Smart Eyes That Never Sleep -- Strategy Page
More military families come forward with deportation fears -- Military Times
Mystery surrounds 'non combat' death of female soldier battling ISIS in Iraq as her body is returned home and Department of Defence announce an investigation -- Daily Mail
The Scam Artist Who Sold Fake Armored Trucks to U.S. Army -- Daily Beast
$1.5 Trillion for Defense May Not Be Enough -- Harlan Ullman, Observer
2 comments:
The Brewster Buffalo of the early 21st century. The Pentagon has no choice now, as do the (few) pilots who have to fly them.
The F35 program has always been about money, this design flaw is just a cash grab in which maintenance providers are paid for literally doing nothing.
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