US may get 500 F-35s jets without combat mission tests – report

‘The USAF may be flying around in 500 F-35 fifth-generation fighter jets that are untested for combat missions for years to come, as assessment trials are frequently postponed, a Department of Defense weapons expert warns in a report.

The F-35 Lightning II, Lockheed Martin’s costliest and most modern flagship project, is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather, multirole stealth fighters intended to provide the bulk of the US Air Force’s manned airpower for decades to come.

The Pentagon plans to procure a fleet of 2,443 F-35s for the US military, and hundreds more are to be ordered by Washington’s allies, including the UK, Italy, Australia and Japan.’

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