via USNI NEWS...
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has ordered additional inspections of F135 engines installed across the roughly 104 aircraft strong F-35 fleet. That includes all three variants flying with the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. Pratt & Whitney officials said the company is cooperating with the investigation.The plane suffered extensive damage and may be considered a write-off.
“We are working closely with the Air Force Safety Investigation Board to determine root cause and inspect all engines in the fleet. Safety is our top priority,” company spokesman Matthew Bates told USNI News on Monday. “Since the incident is the subject of an investigation it is inappropriate to comment further.”
The Air Force has classified the damage to the stricken F-35A as a Class A incident—where the cost estimates for repairs or write-offs exceeds $2 million.
USNI News understands that the F-35A in question suffered extensive damage and may be considered a write-off.
Amazing.
And yet the USMC continues with the fiction that the plane will show up to airshows in Europe.
How much of an ass kisser do you have to be to think that this is a good idea? How much of a sycophant are you to not state that we need to pullback from the edge and announce that we're not going?
If you want to see everything that is wrong with the modern day Marine Corps look no further than the F-35. Tribalism is one thing, but moronic behavior is something else entirely. This is insane.
