Dogfight : F35 vs F16

[Bushmills]

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[Squire]

Whats all this talk about VTOL and thrust vectoring? The F-35 does not possess thrust vectoring for air combat you guys know that right? All it can do with its movable nozzle is land or takeoff. That's it. It does not use it to maneuver like the F-22 or Harrier.

[DaveBB]

F-35s grounded once again, including those considered "fit for combat".  Insulation is crumbling on fuel lines and fuel tanks inside the jet.  Now that is going to be a labor intensive fix.  And why did it crumble in the first place?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/16/politics/us-air-force-grounds-f-35/

[Zimme83]

You have the answer in the article.

Representatives from the Air Force and Lockheed Martin's F-35 program told CNN that the defective cooling lines were not found in all the aircraft. They said the use of the faulty part was limited to one sub-contractor that did not work on all the planes.

So I guess that it wont be too complicated to fix it.

[DaveBB]

You have the answer in the article.

So I guess that it wont be too complicated to fix it.

You don't think it is going to be difficult to replace lines running through the fuel tanks?

The decision affecting the most expensive weapons system ever was made "due to the discovery of peeling and crumbling insulation in avionics cooling lines inside the fuel tanks," the Air Force said in a statement, describing the action as a temporary pause in flight operations."

[GScholz]

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[DaveBB]

I wonder how they discovered this?  No doubt a piece of insulation blocked a transfer pump on one of their "combat ready" planes. 

[Vulcan]

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[GScholz]

I asked you what question I had not answered. How is that belittling?   

[Vraciu]

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[Vraciu]

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[Vraciu]

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[Skuzzy]

This thread has run its course.