{"id":1284,"date":"2017-06-24T17:34:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T14:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2017-06-30T18:05:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T15:05:11","slug":"1284","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=1284","title":{"rendered":"Dropping Like Flies: US Marine F-35s Software Malfunction Grounds More Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US Marine F-35B Lightning II (Photo by \u00a9 AP Photo\/ Ross D. Franklin)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cSome anomalies\u201d with the F-35B\u2019s Autonomous Logistic Information System (ALIS) forced the US Marines in Yuma, Arizona, to \u201ctemporarily suspend\u201d F-35B operations, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing said on Friday.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The root of\u00a0the problem involves \u201cmaintenance codes not being reflected properly in\u00a0the system,\u201d the Marine Corps statement noted.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, \u201cthere is nothing wrong with\u00a0the performance or safety of\u00a0the aircraft itself,\u201d<\/em> the Marines said in\u00a0a statement to\u00a0Breaking Defense. Mysteriously, F-35Bs in\u00a0Yuma, Arizona, are the only F-35 units to\u00a0experience the issue. Joint strike fighter jets in\u00a0Iwakuni, Japan, for\u00a0instance, have not been impacted, according to\u00a0Breaking Defense.<\/p>\n

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Hypoxia Problems Have Plagued $100M F-35 Fighters Since 2011 – US Military Confirms<\/a>\u00a0 (\u00a9 REUTERS\/ Darin Russell\/Courtesy of Lockheed Martin)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The anomalies created a new job for\u00a0systems engineers and Lockheed Martin consultants, who were dispatched to\u00a0investigate the F-35B\u2019s ALIS issue. The F-35 Joint Program Office has been busy lately. Two weeks ago, the US Air Force grounded 55 F-35A variants because pilots experienced oxygen poisoning mid-flight. The problem remains unresolved, but\u00a0the F-35As are back in\u00a0the air<\/a> anyway. One hope is that a new sensor made by\u00a0UK contractor Cobham PLC will get to\u00a0the underlying factors causing hypoxic episodes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the Marines have a different issue. \u201cIt is imperative that we ensure the ground-based ALIS system is working properly before\u00a0flight operations continue,<\/em>\u201d the Marine Corp said.<\/p>\n

ALIS is a complex software algorithm that is supposed to\u00a0incorporate \u201csmart\u201d<\/strong> self-monitoring to\u00a0let maintenance crews know which parts of\u00a0the plane might need repairs and order parts before\u00a0malfunctions occur. The irony that the diagnostic system has itself been pinpointed as\u00a0the issue causing the planes to\u00a0cease operations is difficult to\u00a0ignore.<\/p>\n

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US Navy Concedes to Performance Review of Oxygen-Sucking F\/A-18, T-45<\/a>\u00a0 (\u00a9 AP Photo\/ Kim Hong-Ji)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The F-35 is the only US plane to\u00a0use ALIS software, and the disruption in\u00a0the software is believed to\u00a0have been triggered by\u00a0a software upgrade. Again, the irony of\u00a0an \u201cupgrade\u201d going awry and causing the jets to\u00a0sit on\u00a0the ground is delicious.<\/p>\n

“I was concerned to\u00a0learn that the Marine Corps has suspended F-35B operations at\u00a0MCAS Yuma due to\u00a0problems with\u00a0the aircraft\u2019s Autonomic Logistics Information System,”<\/em> Arizona Senator John McCain stated on\u00a0Thursday, according to\u00a0a Spuntik report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong> Washington \/ SPUTNIK By Military & Intelligence News (sputniknews.com<\/a>) – 24 June 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cSome anomalies\u201d with the F-35B\u2019s Autonomous Logistic Information System (ALIS) forced the US Marines in Yuma, Arizona, to \u201ctemporarily suspend\u201d F-35B operations, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing said on Friday. The root of\u00a0the problem...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,36,7,31,177,18],"tags":[854,1407,394,313,851,1404,307,485,1408,205,1406,1409,358,412,1405],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1284"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1287,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions\/1287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}