A Pratt & Whitney F135 engine undergoes ground testing at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee. (Rick Goodfriend/U.S. Air Force)
Defense News: Pentagon orders engine vibration fix for entire F-35 fleet worldwide
WASHINGTON — All F-35 fighter jets should be retrofitted within 90 days with a fix intended to solve a potential engine vibration problem, the F-35 Joint Program Office said Thursday.
The JPO issued an order Wednesday evening recommending the fleetwide retrofit — globally, not just American aircraft — over the next three months, as well as immediately putting it in place for a “small number” of fighters that have been grounded since December.
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Update #1: US military orders fleet-wide F-35 retrofit to address F135 engine issue (Flight Global)
Update #2: JPO directive orders F-35 retrofit to return grounded jets to flight (Breaking Defense)
WNU Editor: The Pentagon wants these fighter jets flying ASAP.
The Russians do not have these problems. I feel sad for them.
ReplyDeleteThey don't have our luxuries.
DeleteNo, they do not have a jet engine so powerful that is cause these, new problems.
ReplyDeleteIt is like having a new more powerful engine in a tank. Subsequently, you finds out that the drive train has to be beefed up.
If your engineering and testing was sound, that would have been factored in at the begining.
ReplyDeleteThis is sloppy work.
2333 is a systems engineering expert and also a 1st rate historian
ReplyDeleteFrom russia w/ LOVE
Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Su-34 Fullback Goes Down In Flames Over Donetsk
This isn't about Russian planes u idiot.
ReplyDeleteit is not about a comparison of American and Russian planes.
It is not about Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck either.
It is about the American manufacturing and QA/QC process. Something was lacking.
"This isn't about Russian planes u idiot."
ReplyDeleteIt is.
Does the f__l at 3:07 no why no pilot says I am going to afterburners?