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ACC Commander: Pratt & Whitney and U.S. Air Force Reduce Number of Unavailable F135 Engines Below 40

ACC Commander: Pratt & Whitney and U.S. Air Force Reduce Number of Unavailable F135 Engines Below 40
U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrew Olson, F-35A Lightning II Demo Team commander and pilot, flies inverted during a demonstration practice, Jan. 23, 2019 at Luke AFB, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Over the last month and a half, Pratt & Whitney [RTX] and the U.S. Air Force Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex have reduced the number of unavailable F135 engines for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A below 40, the head of Air Combat Command (ACC) said on Oct. 25. On Sept. 20, Air Force Lt. Gen. Clinton Hinote, the service’s deputy chief of staff for strategy, integration, and requirements, said that 46 of the Air Force’s 297 F-35As– more than 15…

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