“They buried that little nugget. Wow, that is criminally bad.”
PilotDave, I caught that, too. Interesting statement in a sentence edited oddly by Bloomberg. Would love to see that information in context. I wonder if the service life applies only to the first batch? Is it degraded by short-take off and landing operations? Does “Beast Mode” affect it? Is it airframe fatigue? Systems problems? Jet blast problems from operations?
Importantly, can short service life scenarios be rectified and service life extended as in almost every other airframe in our military’s inventory?