Hacker News with Generative AI: F-35

Declassified Pentagon F-35 Study Details Reliability, Security Woes (bloomberg.com)
A declassified Pentagon comprehensive test report of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 warplane, America’s most expensive weapons system, reveals that six years of combat testing has been marred by reliability and maintenance delays, guns that don’t shoot straight and unresolved concerns about cyber defense capabilities.
Marine pilot loses command after ejecting from F-35B that kept flying (marinecorpstimes.com)
A pilot who ejected from a malfunctioning F-35B in heavy rain over South Carolina last year — which kept flying on autopilot for 64 nautical miles before crashing — was fired from his command of a prestigious squadron as a result of the mishap.
Air Force Confirms Its F-35As Were Mission Capable About Half the Time in 2023 (airandspaceforces.com)
Pentagon refused delivery of so many F-35s Lockheed running short on storage (defenseone.com)