F-35 Lightning II international debut cancelled

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The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-first-night-sea-vertical-landing/28785/" target="_blank">F-35B Lightning II</a> fighter will not be making its scheduled international public début due to the grounding of the entire F-35 fleet after a runway incident at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida on June 23.</p> <ul id="gallery_images"> <li><a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-debut-cancelled/32894/pictures#1" class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218im_/http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/f-35b-debut-cancelled-0.jpg" title="The F-35B completes its first sea trials aboard the USS Wasp (Photo: Lockheed Martin)" alt="The F-35B completes its first sea trials aboard the USS Wasp (Photo: Lockheed Martin)"/></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-debut-cancelled/32894/pictures#2" class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218im_/http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/f-35b-debut-cancelled-1.jpg" title="The F-35 Lightning was named after the P-38 Lockheed Lightning and the English Electric Li..." alt="The F-35 Lightning was named after the P-38 Lockheed Lightning and the English Electric Li..."/></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-debut-cancelled/32894/pictures#3" class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218im_/http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/f-35b-debut-cancelled-3.jpg" title="The First Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35 (Photo: Lockheed Martin)" alt="The First Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35 (Photo: Lockheed Martin)"/></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-debut-cancelled/32894/pictures#4" class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218im_/http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_tn/f-35b-debut-cancelled-4.jpg" title="An F-35B and F-35C aircraft (Photo: Lockheed Martin)" alt="An F-35B and F-35C aircraft (Photo: Lockheed Martin)"/></a></li> <li id="view_all"><a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-debut-cancelled/32894/pictures" class="blue">View all<br/></a></li> </ul> <div class="clear_both"></div> <p>The Short TakeOff/Vertical Landing (STOVL) F-35B was meant to make its first public appearances this month at the Royal International Air Tattoo and the Farnborough International Airshow, but the ongoing investigation into a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218/http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/486035/f-35-fleet-temporarily-grounded.aspx" target="_blank">runway fire</a> and subsequent fleet grounding meant that the aircraft was unable to gain clearance for the transatlantic flight. The exact cause of the fire has yet to be determined.</p> <p>"The safety of pilots and aircraft has to be our priority,” says an MOD spokesman. “Of course, it is disappointing that the Lightning II has not arrived in the UK in time for the Air Tattoo but we fully support the decision not to grant clearance for the aircraft to make their first transatlantic flight to the UK until the technical investigations following an engine failure are complete."</p> <div style="width: 530px; height: 353px; " class="article_img"><a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-debut-cancelled/32894/pictures#8" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218im_/http://images.gizmag.com/inline/f-35b-debut-cancelled-7.jpg" width="530" alt="F-35B landing on USS Wasp (Photo: Lockheed Martin)"/></a></div> <p>An international development effort led by Lockheed Martin, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/f35-fighter/" target="_blank">F-35</a> is the single most expensive weapons program in history with an estimated cost of over US$1 trillion dollars. The recent fire is the latest difficulty for the controversial program, which has been plagued by cost overruns, technical problems, and major redesign issues.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218/http://www.airtattoo.com/news/2014/jul/10/time-runs-out-for-f-35b-at-air-tattootarget=" _blank">The Royal International Air Tattoo</a></p>  <div id="sharethis_container" style="margin: 20px 0"> <span class="st_twitter_large" displaytext="Tweet" st_via="gizmag"></span> <span class="st_facebook_large" displaytext="Facebook"></span> <span class="st_googleplus_large" displaytext="Google +"></span> <span class="st_linkedin_large" displaytext="LinkedIn"></span> <span class="st_pinterest_large" displaytext="Pinterest"></span> </div>   <div id="fm-well-zone" data-cb-ad-id="Content Well 1"> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218js_/http://static.fmpub.net/zone/7980"></script> </div> <div id="bottom_unit" data-cb-ad-id="Content Well 2"></div>  <div style="margin-bottom: 20px"> <div class="OUTBRAIN" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218oe_/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-debut-cancelled/32894/" data-widget-id="AR_1" data-ob-template="Gizmag"></div> <script type="text/javascript" async="async" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218js_/http://widgets.outbrain.com/outbrain.js"></script> </div> </div>  <span class="title clear_left" id="author_byline_title">About the Author</span> <div class="dotsontop" id="authorcontainer">  <a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218im_/http://images.gizmag.com/author_profiles/153.jpg" alt="David Szondy" id="bio_pic"/> </a>   David Szondy is a freelance writer based in Monroe, Washington. An award-winning playwright, he has contributed to Charged and iQ magazine and is the author of the website <em>Tales of Future Past</em>.   <a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">All articles by David Szondy</a> <span id="author_byline_links">   </span> <br class="clear_both"> </div>  <div id="tags"> <span class="title">Tags</span> <div class="dotsontop"> <ul> <li>» <a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/aircraft/" rel="tag">Aircraft</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/f35-fighter/" rel="tag">F35-Fighter</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/farnborough-airshow/" rel="tag">Farnborough Airshow</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/lockheed+martin/" rel="tag">Lockheed Martin</a></li> </ul> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> </div> <div id="bing_unit"></div>  <span class="title" id="comments">14 Comments</span> <div class="dotsontop"> <div id="comment-323158" class="a_comment"> <p>Why did they build so many of these before they tested and redesigned them? They saw that coming and could have saved a ton of money by making just a couple each time. </p> <span class="name">Ben Tumaru O'Brien</span><br> <span class="date"> 10th July, 2014 @ 06:22 pm PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-323173" class="a_comment"> <p>Great , the Australian Government is spending 24 Billion on these Jets & slashing Health, Education & numerous other vital services .... </p> <span class="name">Mick Perger</span><br> <span class="date"> 10th July, 2014 @ 07:02 pm PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-323209" class="a_comment"> <p>A few billion here, a trillion there. Pretty soon you're talking BIG money. </p> <p></p> <p>Seriously though, isn't there something wrong when that kind of funding is allocated to designing destructive weaponry, but trying to understand some basic science that might address, for example, ocean de-alkalinisation, is met with budget cuts and apathy. Fear rules. </p> <span class="name">johanschaller</span><br> <span class="date"> 10th July, 2014 @ 09:57 pm PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-323251" class="a_comment"> <p>@johanschaller </p> <p></p> <p>The Brits have just had the naming ceremony of a massive aircraft carrier designed to operate these aircraft. It is already going to have to have it deploy helicopters instead due to delays with the F35; delays which I assume have just been extended thanks to the fire and subsequent grounding. </p> <p></p> <p>It is not as though having large capital ships to operate such aircraft off makes a lot of sense anyway now that supersonic cruise missiles are being deployed, not to mention atomic depth-charges, which I assume have a an anti ship mine equivalent. The latter two feasibly deployed by terrorists in the form of IEDs once they get their hands on battlefield nuclear weapons. Pop one of those off in the Western approaches to the English Channel and the results would be spectacular in the extreme, especially considering the amplification from the funnel shape of the topography. (Imagine a 65,000 tonnes displacement aircraft carrier one minute happily moored at its home port and the next minute beached in the middle of the town, along with a number of other ships. As I said: "spectacular".) </p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Another quote worth remembering and closely related to your first sentence is Bob Dylan's: 'money doesn't talk, it swears' - from It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding). </p> <span class="name">Mel Tisdale</span><br> <span class="date"> 11th July, 2014 @ 03:31 am PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-323293" class="a_comment"> <p>We're just lulling them into a false sense of security. </p> <p></p> <p>Keep that under your hat. </p> <span class="name">Ted Cushman</span><br> <span class="date"> 11th July, 2014 @ 08:24 am PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-323299" class="a_comment"> <p>The problem with the F-35 (including the B variant) is that it is incredibly easily nullified by the Piper Cub Paradox. The expense of the aircraft is just too great to make sense. </p> <p></p> <p>In the Piper Cub Paradox, you pit a fighter aircraft with all possible stores (guns, rockets, etc) against a Piper Cub (which can carry exactly one AAM and the associated electronics. You take the cost of the one fighter (around $300 million a copy and around $50 million a year for fully booked costs.) And compare it to the number of Piper Cubs that you can manufacture at $8,000 a copy and around $50k a year fully booked costs. In any sort of simulation the Piper Cubs will always win because of sheer numbers. </p> <p></p> <p>This might not seem germane, but both the Russians and Chinese are set up to neutralize high-tech fighters such as the F-35 with swarms of MiG-15's, 17's and 21's, with an increasing number being remotely controlled drones. This is the Piper Cub Paradox in the real world. </p> <span class="name">bobcat4424</span><br> <span class="date"> 11th July, 2014 @ 08:30 am PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-323308" class="a_comment"> <p>I know that DARPA is working on the problem of "why does it take an auto maker a year and a half to rework a production line, while aircraft mfgs take a decade and a half". Let's look into our F-16 program playbook and see how to build an affordable, but brilliant aircraft. The '35 was doomed from the start. If the marines want a vstol, then make a really expensive plane, say $150 million, just not many of them. The rest of the crew gets $50 million planes, and more of them. Its going to get to the point where they could have just bought more '22's for the same money. uuugh. Silly Pentagon. </p> <span class="name">dugnology</span><br> <span class="date"> 11th July, 2014 @ 08:34 am PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-323326" class="a_comment"> <p>In the 90's the clinton administration deleted several Mil-Standards claiming cost savings, availability of commercial practices, standards, and streamlining development. Some of these deleted items were related to testing. the intent of these standards was to ensure a reliable military product. Both the F22 and F35 have suffered from release of a product before it was ready. this works great for the aerospace companies but not for the USA. </p> <p></p> <p>Let me suggest that we need more development and testing standards to assure a finished product and lower cost. </p> <span class="name">Charles Dansreau</span><br> <span class="date"> 11th July, 2014 @ 09:05 am PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-323338" class="a_comment"> <p>I need them to send me 3 million dollars, so I can help! ;) </p> <span class="name">Dan Lewis</span><br> <span class="date"> 11th July, 2014 @ 09:28 am PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-323341" class="a_comment"> <p>Its will known that the f-35 program is one of largest and most expensive ever initiated and is widely known as a nightmare. Ever since mans first successful flight planes were developed by application. This program was an attempt to give every plane built a universal platform. This might have worked if they didn't try to cram technologies and systems used by all three main military branches into one aircraft. Instead of developing a platform in which each branch could customize, they made developed a plane that could do all three. Sounds great at first doesn't it; the plane can be multi-purposed. Except there is one factor that debases the whole purpose; 1. There isn't a need for a fighter plane in every branch of the military and the same is said for the its other "universal" applications, so when we spend the money on shoving all the different systems into one package, then spending the time and money debugging them so they work seamlessly together. When its all said and done we could've produced a fighter that is twice the fighter and does just that, a recon thats better at recon, etc. and not spend money on training the same individuals when its better to specialize in those areas for efficiency as well as good for job creation. They have severely screwed the pooch and its obvious that defense contractors only had an ideal fantasy as a the outcome of this project. Where they could sell the same parts at three times the price to every branch of the military. Whats sad is that we, the taxpayers paid for it. We paid for the plane, we paid the contractors, and paid the people they trained to maintain this peice of shit. If it weren't for the newer technology put into the plane and that its more advanced than what comprises its' competitors (As no one bothered to upgrade them...) it would be a total p.o.s. Although I do hear the pilots say its fun to fly, I'm sure we could have developed something a lot better overall. </p> <span class="name">bullfrog84</span><br> <span class="date"> 11th July, 2014 @ 09:31 am PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-323356" class="a_comment"> <p>An article yesterday noted that the taxpayer's cost of the F-35 so far could have paid for a mansion for every homeless person in America. And it still doesn't work. </p> <span class="name">ezeflyer</span><br> <span class="date"> 11th July, 2014 @ 09:47 am PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-323383" class="a_comment"> <p>Apparently this is the so called American take on the successful UK designed and manufactured Harrier Jump Jet. Now that it has failed the US will now ban any and all varieties of STOL - VTOL aircraft. </p> <p></p> <p>"and subsequent fleet grounding meant that the aircraft was unable to gain clearance for the transatlantic flight." Transatlantic flight ? Really ? </p> <span class="name">pmshah</span><br> <span class="date"> 11th July, 2014 @ 10:44 am PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-323386" class="a_comment"> <p>Love Gizmag & writers for all great articles, getting a lot of really thoughtful comments. Not many online publications make me feel like I *should read* the comments section and I'll learn even more from that. </p> <p></p> <p>Good stuff. Gizmag should consider adding something like "flattr" for micro payments as I would love to pay my dime (actual cash) after reading something like this. I know: there are ads, but if I can pass some pennies direct without reading commercial crap I'd rather do that. </p> <span class="name">BeWalt</span><br> <span class="date"> 11th July, 2014 @ 10:48 am PDT</span> </div> <div id="comment-323401" class="a_comment"> <p>The "Piper Cub" scenario is actually already in play since the A10 Thunderbolt is scheduled to be retired to make space for the F35. Multi role planes like multi role tools tend to have too many compromises to make any but a few applications useful. The Warthog is a tremendous, durable, deadly aircraft that we already own a lot of at a far lower price than the F35. Anyone who has ever seen a Warthog pop up high to a thousand feet plus then tip over into a dive that clearly SLOWS the aircraft once that angry chainsaw Gau8 gatling gun starts would have a hard time believing that any other aircraft can do ground support like the Warthog. </p> <p>I can only hope that someone smart sees that the A10s are mothballed, with all available parts, fixtures, training equipment etc. at Davis-Monthan so we can get this plane back on a tarmac fast when we need it. </p> <span class="name">StWils</span><br> <span class="date"> 11th July, 2014 @ 11:21 am PDT</span> </div> </div> <span class="title">Post a Comment</span> <div class="dotsontop" id="comment_form_div"> <div id="comment_form" data-article="32894"> <div id="comments_login"> <form action="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/index.php" name="login_form" id="login_form" onsubmit="return false;"> <p class="bold">Login with your gizmag account:</p> <p id="login_status"></p> <label for="email">Email</label><input type="text" name="email" id="email" value=""/> <label for="password">Password</label><input type="password" name="password" id="password" value=""/> <input type="submit" value="Log In" class="med"/> <div id="options"> <a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/register/">Register here</a><br> <a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/new_password/">Forgotten your password?</a> </div> <input type="hidden" id="expired_comment" value=""/> </form> </div> <div id="facebook_login"> <p>Or <span class="bold">Login with Facebook:</span></p><br/> <div class="fb-login-button" data-scope="email" data-max-rows="1" data-onlogin="loginFUser(32894);" data-autologoutlink="true"></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div>  <span class="title">Related Articles</span> <div id="related_articles" class="dotsontop"> <ul> <li> <a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/go/5890/" title="The MV-22 Osprey goes intercontinental"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218im_/http://images.gizmag.com/related/5890_9080615837.jpg" alt="The MV-22 Osprey goes intercontinental"/> </a> <a class="rel_title" href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/go/5890/">The MV-22 Osprey goes intercontinental</a> <p class="rel_date">9th August, 2006</p> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/go/6629/" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Stealth Fighter First Flight"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218im_/http://images.gizmag.com/related/6629_171206104527.jpg" alt="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Stealth Fighter First Flight"/> </a> <a class="rel_title" href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/go/6629/">Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Stealth Fighter First Flight</a> <p class="rel_date">17th December, 2006</p> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-night-vertical-landing/26984/" title="The F-35B comes in for its first night time vertical landing"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218im_/http://images.gizmag.com/related/f-35b-night-landing.jpg" alt="The F-35B comes in for its first night time vertical landing"/> </a> <a class="rel_title" href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/f-35b-night-vertical-landing/26984/">First night time vertical landing for F-35B</a> <p class="rel_date">8th April, 2013</p> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/go/5588/" title="EH101"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218im_/http://images.gizmag.com/related/5588_50506121141.jpg" alt="EH101"/> </a> <a class="rel_title" href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/go/5588/">The first fully electronic helicopter fly-by-wire system</a> <p class="rel_date">5th May, 2006</p> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/go/5751/" title="Marine Ospreys exploring long-range deployments "> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218im_/http://images.gizmag.com/related/5751_170606110512.jpg" alt="Marine Ospreys exploring long-range deployments "/> </a> <a class="rel_title" href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/go/5751/">Marine Ospreys exploring long-range deployments </a> <p class="rel_date">17th June, 2006</p> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/go/3774/" title="Grumman TBM Avenger: Classic Warbird"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218im_/http://images.gizmag.com/related/3774_01.jpg" alt="Grumman TBM Avenger: Classic Warbird"/> </a> <a class="rel_title" href="/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/go/3774/">Grumman TBM Avenger: Classic Warbird</a> <p class="rel_date"></p> </li> </ul> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div>  <div id="search_form_bottom"> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20140712034218/http://www.gizmag.com/search/" id="cse-search-box-bottom"> <span class="title">Looking for something? 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