Initial Ground Test Results of Lockheed-Built F-35A Variant Show Potential for Service-Life Increase
Lockheed Martin and the F-35 joint program office have wrapped a series of durability, drop and static tests designed to validate the F-35 aircraft’s resilience and strength in combat environments and support maintenance forecasting and fleet management operations. The fighter aircraft has an average service lifetime of 8K hours and preliminary ground testing results showed […] More