{"id":1163,"date":"2020-09-18T12:51:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T10:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/?p=1163"},"modified":"2020-09-22T12:55:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T10:55:59","slug":"f-35-is-temporarily-not-flying-near-thunderstorms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/f-35-is-temporarily-not-flying-near-thunderstorms\/","title":{"rendered":"F-35 Is Temporarily Not Flying Near Thunderstorms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>F-35 Is Temporarily Not Flying Near Thunderstorms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense-aerospace.com\/articles-view\/release\/3\/213426\/in-turn%2C-dutch-ban-f_35-flights-near-thunderstorms.html\">Source: Dutch Ministry of Defence; issued Sept 18, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Kommentar Roger Harr:&nbsp;Das Problem der Verwundbarkeit der F-35 durch Blitzschlag ist gut dokumentiert, und das Joint Program Office des Programms hat mehrfach erkl\u00e4rt, dass es behoben wurde. Dies ist offensichtlich nicht der Fall, und tats\u00e4chlich ist es jetzt sogar noch schlimmer, weil die fehlerhaften R\u00f6hren diese eigent\u00fcmliche Verwundbarkeit erh\u00f6hen.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1142\" style=\"width: 1242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/die-niederlaender-haben-in-verteidigungsfragen-mehr-vertrauen-in-das-deutsch-franzoesische-ehepaar-als-in-die-vereinigten-staaten\/screenshot-at-sep-21-21-37-37\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1142\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1142\" src=\"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-at-Sep-21-21-37-37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-at-Sep-21-21-37-37.jpg 1242w, https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-at-Sep-21-21-37-37-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-at-Sep-21-21-37-37-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-at-Sep-21-21-37-37-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">F-35A<br \/>meta-d\u00e9fense.fr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Damaged tubes have been found on F-35A fighters. These tubes are part of the On-Board Inert Gas Generation System (OBIGGS) in a fuel tank.<\/p>\n<p>All countries operating F-35As have been advised to avoid flying near storm cells, and to protect aircraft on the ground with shelters or lightning rods. This information was released in the 21st annual progress report VF-35 published this week.<\/p>\n<p>The OBIGGS ensures that the risk of explosion of fuel vapors in, for example, a lightning strike is reduced to a minimum. The damaged tubes can make the fuel tanks less well protected.<\/p>\n<p>After damaged tubes were found on four (non-Dutch) aircraft, further inspections followed. More damaged tubes were found, including on Dutch F-35As. The cause of the problem is still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>No influence on build-up<\/p>\n<p>The problem with the OBIGGS and the current investigation, have no influence on the so-called Initial Operational Capability (IOC) status at the end of 2021. This means that the Air Force will continue with the step-by-step establishment of the first F-35 squadron in the Netherlands at Leeuwarden Air Base.<\/p>\n<p>IOC status is achieved, among other things, if the Air Force is able to deploy an F-35 detachment for a given period of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F-35 Is Temporarily Not Flying Near Thunderstorms Source: Dutch Ministry of Defence; issued Sept 18, 2020 Kommentar Roger Harr:&nbsp;Das Problem der Verwundbarkeit der F-35 durch Blitzschlag ist gut dokumentiert, und das Joint Program Office des Programms hat mehrfach erkl\u00e4rt, dass<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1165,"href":"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163\/revisions\/1165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luftverteidigung.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}