Pentagon Admits Its F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets Are Still Plagued With Over 860 Defects

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EurAsian Times: US Admits Its F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets Plagued With Over 860 Defects; Flight Simulator Non-Operational

The Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter jet, the most expensive aircraft in history, still cannot even be adequately tested for operational use because its simulator system remains inadequate and has not yet been upgraded, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report said.

“[The] F-35 program has not completed operational testing on the aircraft to

ensure warfighters get the capabilities they require, primarily due to increasing delays with the aircraft simulator,” the report said on Tuesday.

In August 2020, the F-35 Program Office determined the simulator which is to be used to replicate complex test scenarios that could not be accomplished in real-world environment testing, did not fully represent the aircraft’s capabilities and could not be used for further testing until fixed, the report said.

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Update: F-35 Simulator Still Not Working So Aircraft Can Not Even Be Tested Yet, GAO Reports (Sputnik)

WNU Editor: The GAO report on the F-35 is here .... F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Cost and Schedule Risks in Modernization Program Echo Long-Standing Challenges (GAO).