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Software glitch during turbulence caused Air Force F-35 crash in Utah
« on: July 30, 2023, 08:36:15 am »
Software glitch during turbulence caused Air Force F-35 crash in Utah
By Rachel S. Cohen
 Thursday, Jul 27
 
An F-35A Lightning II fighter crashed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, last October when turbulent air confused its avionics, rendering the jet uncontrollable, an Air Force investigation has found.

The nonfatal crash marks the second time an Air Force F-35A has been destroyed in an accident since the jets began flying in 2012. Its loss cost the Air Force more than $166 million, the service said in a report released Thursday.


The accident unfolded just after 6 p.m. local time on Oct. 19, 2022, as a quartet of F-35As returned to Hill from an “uneventful” training sortie, the report said. The jet that crashed, assigned to Hill’s 421st Fighter Squadron, was approaching the base as the third aircraft in the four-ship formation.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2023/07/27/software-glitch-during-turbulence-caused-air-force-f-35-crash-in-utah/
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Re: Software glitch during turbulence caused Air Force F-35 crash in Utah
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2023, 08:37:07 am »
If I were an F-35 jet jockey, this information wouldn't brighten my day! **nononono*
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Re: Software glitch during turbulence caused Air Force F-35 crash in Utah
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2023, 01:34:23 pm »
US jet fighters have been intrinsically unstable and computer-control dependent at least since the mid-late 1970s F-16.
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Re: Software glitch during turbulence caused Air Force F-35 crash in Utah
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2023, 01:39:17 pm »
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Re: Software glitch during turbulence caused Air Force F-35 crash in Utah
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2023, 02:39:50 pm »
So all an enemy has to do is get you in his jet wash and the computer will do the rest?
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