The Weekly Debrief: An F-35B Induction Highlights Looming Modernization Bills

An F-35B enters Fleet Readiness Center East for a laser shock peening procedure.
Credit: U.S. Navy
A Lockheed Martin F-35B flew to the Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, in mid-February to receive the airframe equivalent of major surgery. A decade of durability and fatigue testing revealed that 30 parts on the F-35B could fail between 2...

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