Expert: F-35 Fighter Engine Issues Will Get Worse Over Time

Expert: F-35 Fighter Engine Issues Will Get Worse Over Time

F-35 F135 Engine Hits 1 Million Hours, but Challenges Loom Large On March 3, U.S. aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney announced that the F135 engine had passed the 1 million flight hours marker. The F135, a derivative of the F-22A’s F119 engine, has been the sole power plant for the F-35 Lightning II fighter […] The post Expert: F-35 Fighter Engine Issues Will Get Worse Over Time appeared first on 19FortyFive.

US President Donald Trump has already made no secret of calling into question the support of European free-riders in his first term from 2017 to 2021. However, the procurement agreement for the F-35 was concluded. Politically, there were no significant resistances, the industry tacitly took it, only wanted to be involved in the maintenance. Now, various parties are calling for the purchase of the US bomber F-35 to be stopped. For example, the fo…