{"id":1798449,"date":"2023-01-07T11:21:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T16:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1798449"},"modified":"2023-01-07T11:21:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T16:21:40","slug":"f-35-fighter-grounded-yet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/f-35-fighter-grounded-yet-again\/","title":{"rendered":"F-35 Fighter Grounded Yet Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ff-35-fighter-grounded-yet-again%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1798449&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"modal-ready\">\n<h2 class=\"modal-title has-text-align-center\">Failing F-35 fighter plane grounded again<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Defense News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2023\/01\/04\/new-f-35-engine-deliveries-suspended-amid-ongoing-investigation\/?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=tw_dfn\">reported<\/a> On Wednesday Defense contractor Pratt &#038; Whitney After a setback on a shipment of F-35 engines, the company has decided to suspend its deliveries. Texas runway last month. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2022\/12\/15\/pilot-ejects-after-f-35b-crashes-on-texas-runway\/\">Video<\/a> From the December 15 incidents a Lockheed F-35B Lightning II crashing during quality checks and pilot ejecting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last FridayIn the aftermath of that incident, Defense News First <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2022\/12\/30\/f-35-deliveries-halted-after-texas-mishap-new-contract-finalized\/\">reported<\/a> That Lockheed Martin Had \u201cannounced it halted acceptance flights and deliveries of new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters\u201d Because of the ongoing investigation. As A result Lockheed Martin They delivered seven less aircraft than the 148 they were contracted for in 2022. According To that report \u201cA source familiar with the program told Defense News the investigation into the Dec. 15 mishap found that a tube used to transfer high-pressure fuel in the fighter\u2019s F135 engine, made by Pratt &#038; Whitney, had failed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pratt &#038; Whitney, which is a subsidiary RaytheonEarlier in December <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2022\/12\/06\/us-f135-engine-enhancement\/\">received<\/a> A $115 million contract with the Department This is Defense Tell us about an F135 engine improvement program. Defense News They refused to comment on the crash as an ongoing investigation was underway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Problems relating to the F-35\u2019s engines are <a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/2022\/07\/12\/watchdogs-urge-congress-to-pump-the-brakes-on-new-f-35-engine\/\">nothing new<\/a>. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report from April 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/gao-22-105128.pdf\">revealed<\/a> That Pratt &#038; Whitney Only six of the 152 F-35 engines were delivered on time in 2021. \u201cprimarily due to quality issues that required resolution before engines could be accepted by the government.\u201d And Yet, last year was a great year. Congress Continued to finance the F-35 after the Pentagon\u2019s requests. As Nick Cleveland-Stout <a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/2022\/04\/29\/congressman-to-f-35-contractors-what-in-the-hell-are-you-doing\/\">noted<\/a> The FY 2020 budget was calculated in RS for the year last. Defense Appropriations Act DoD requested additional funds to purchase 22 F-35s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The F-35 aircraft has also been plagued by other major problems. Dan Grazier <a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/2022\/03\/16\/the-russians-probably-arent-too-worried-about-the-f-35\/\">wrote<\/a> RS in March This is a non-public 2021 Pentagon\u2019s Director, Operational Test &#038; Evaluation Testing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21200548-fy2021-dote-annual-report-cui-version\">report<\/a> \u201cshowed that engineers are still trying to correct 845 design flaws. Their challenge is compounded by the fact that new problems are discovered almost as fast as the known flaws are fixed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beyond The F-35 is a high-quality aircraft with consistent quality issues. It is also one of the most expensive. Pentagon progrAms ever. As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.protectingtaxpayers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/F35_CoalitionLetter.pdf\">letter<\/a> signed by a transpartisan group of organizations \u2014 including the Quincy Institute \u2014 last summer exclaimed, \u201cOver the service life of the fleet, the F-35 program is projected to cost the American people $1.7 trillion. This is roughly $5,000 for every man, woman, and child in the nation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In The more than 20 year span since Lockheed Martin won the competition to develop the F-35, more than $62.5 billion has been spent on the program\u2019s research and development, according to Grazier. \u201cDespite all that time and resources, the F-35 remains an underdeveloped aircraft,\u201d He writes, \u201cit will still take years to complete the design during a process program officials have dubbed \u2018modernization\u2019 but is really a second chance to finish work that should have been completed during the initial development effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The F-35 was the latest victim of a mishap involving these engines. Joint Program Office To pause deliveries December 27, and to ground several F-35s. It It is not clear at this time how many planes were grounded and how long they will last.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/2023\/01\/06\/mccarthy-weighing-75b-defense-budget-cut-in-quest-for-speakership\/\" title=\"McCarthy weighing $75B defense budget cut in quest for speakership\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06T021337Z_1082062106_MT1SIPA000QF7FR5_RTRMADP_3_SIPA-USA-240x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-240x140 size-240x140 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"   style=\"display:none\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ReportedlyPart of the deal with Republican Detractors would like to limit the federal budget to 2022 levels.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/2023\/01\/06\/what-foreign-policy-elites-really-think-about-you\/\" title=\"What foreign policy elites really think about you\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/200605204423-applebaum-cohen-240x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-240x140 size-240x140 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If public opinion doesn\u2019t match up with the Washington Program then it must be incorrect, misunderstood or irrelevant.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/2023\/01\/06\/diplomacy-watch-russia-takes-aim-at-western-resolve\/\" title=\"Diplomacy Watch: Russia takes aim at Western resolve\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/diplowatchfinal-240x140.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-240x140 size-240x140 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moscow Looks determined not to bleed Kyiv\u2019s missile defense stockpiles with barrages of cheap suicide drones.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/2023\/01\/06\/where-the-war-in-ukraine-will-go-in-2023\/\" title=\"Where the war in Ukraine could be headed in 2023\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-12-16T000000Z_2096996204_MT1NURPHO00040DH4Q_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-240x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-240x140 size-240x140 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Any Without a successful negotiated settlement, the three most likely scenarios will be fraught with difficulties.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Failing F-35 fighter plane grounded again Defense News reported On Wednesday Defense contractor Pratt &#038; Whitney After a setback on a shipment of F-35 engines, the company has decided to suspend its deliveries. Texas runway last month. Video From the December 15 incidents a Lockheed F-35B Lightning II crashing during quality checks and pilot ejecting.\u00a0 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1899533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,9534,9532,12165,3819],"class_list":["post-1798449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-f-35","tag-fighter","tag-grounded","tag-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1798449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1899533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}