Cancel it.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Should have gone with the YF-23.
Lockheed seems like scam-master central imo.
They should probably be banned from all future defense contracts for this stuff.
6 months after delivery? Isn’t there a warranty?
Sounds like the taxpayer really got screwed.
Rust never sleeps
Hey, cut them some slack! Using painted aluminum panels on jets is cutting edge technology! Why, it's only been in use on jets since 1941 and the ME-262... ;-/
Cancel it.
IIRC, this is corrosion between the aluminum and the radar absorbent material. A new problem with construction of stealthy aircraft. Not a simple aluminum corrosion problem.
• The F-35 program is mitigating corrosion risk associated with conductive gap filler and paint by using a gap filler that is less galvanically dissimilar from aluminum, an alternative to the conductive paint, a design with fewer seams that require gap filler, and more representative verification and qualification testing. Many of the F-22’s corrosion problems were linked to problems with gap filler materials and paint.
The F-22's corrosion problems have been linked to two factors: Galvanic action between the stealth coatings and the aluminium, and inadequate drain holes in the aircraft.
Also, conspiracy theorists can blame the Green movement:
• Environmental and occupational health concerns drove the initial use of a nonchromated primer on the F-22 that did not provide corrosion protection, and the program later switched to a chromated primer. The F-35 has also chosen to use a nonchromated primer that has never been tested on an aircraft in a corrosive operating environment.
I wonder how the F-35B and -C will hold up at sea?