The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: simply a phenomenal flying machine

[mhm]

Last week Con Coughlin became the first British journalist to see a British pilot conduct a perfect test landing of Britain's new The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Here he describes an aircraft that is set to become one of Britain's leading strike fighters for the next generation.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/10037145/The-F-35-Joint-Strike-Fighter-simply-a-phenomenal-flying-machine.html

[Triple7]

And the UK Government get cold feet.

http://news.sky.com/story/1086720/philip-hammond-unsure-about-f-35-order

Tim

[viking9]

Having kept up with the history of the aircraft I don't blame them for getting cold feet. The US Congress got cold feet several times.

Has the problem of the useless arrestor hook on the F-35C been solved yet?