UK F-35 faces corrosion challenges during carrier deployment.
Credit: Amber Mayall/Royal Air Force
LONDON —Corrosion is emerging as a growing concern for the UK fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, harming aircraft availability, senior defense officials have revealed. Corrosion problems, exacerbated by the UK’s deployment of the combat aircraft on its aircraft carriers, have...
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