We are involved in the JSF program, so it will likely be the F-35. Any input Candor7 on how this craft could handle cold weather? Other cold weather countries (Norway and Denmark) are members as well.
I do not know a lot about JSF, but the air at 150 angels is pretty cold, so the jets themselves are not succeptible per se to cold weather UNLESS they have moisture accumulation problems inside of their sysytems. Usually the jets are built first, and then they figure after the fact how to deal with the problems that mosture accumulation causes in 60 below zero F temperatures. Fuel tank H20 condensation is just one problem. So the problem is not just with the AC, bit with the whole support system foir the AC in cold weather, including support crew isolation syndrome.
Its a comlex question.
The Swedes know how to build that right in from the get go. So I am glad that Norway and Denmark are a part of JSF. I wonder why Sweden is not, they have the most cold weather expertise in the field.