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12-6-2019 9:52 PM
The U.S. Navy's $13 Billion Newest Supercarrier is Still Having Major Problems Again
The U.S. Navy's new supercarrier continues to face major problems that will delay its delivery to the fleet for three months as the service bets big on this troubled ship, Navy officials revealed Tuesday.
Following testing and evaluation with the fleet, the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford began a yearlong maintenance and upgrade process at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia last July, with expectations that the carrier would return to the fleet this summer.
The Ford is now slated to spend at least another three months in dry dock due to unforeseen problems with the ship's nuke power plant, the weapons elevators, and other areas, USNI News reported Tuesday, citing recent testimony by Navy officials before the House Armed Services Committee seapower and projection subcommittee.
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12-6-2019 9:58 PM
Looks like our F35 are not stationed armed and used mainly for August 9 National Day Flypass show and Changi AirShow and RSAF yearly Openhouse where Kids and grandparents can climb up into Cockpit and awe at the Avionics
All Posts are Fake News and Comments are Untrue
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12-6-2019 11:00 PM
How they get into these design messes, with so much experience in building previous generations of fighter jets?
Stop trying to calm the storm. Calm yourself, the storm will pass.
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