by Craig Newmark | August 20, 2011 6:07 am
“Entire U.S. Stealth Fighter Fleet Grounded[1]“.
But after building more than 170 F-22 Raptors and a handful of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, not a single one is available for service. The Air Force currently has: zero: flyable stealth fighters. None.
The vaunted F-22: has been grounded[2]: with a possible faulty oxygen system since May. Production of the last few Raptors is even on hold, because the jets can’t fly from the factory.
: Last week, test flights for the newer F-35: were suspended[3], too, because of a valve problem in the plane’s integrated power package. It’s the: third[4]: time this year that JSFs have been grounded. Tests: may resume as early as next week[5]. Then again, they may not.
Cross-posted from Newmark’s Door[6].
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