Navy air boss will make final decision by the end of April on F-35C nose gear fix

By Lee Hudson / April 5, 2017 at 12:29 PM
The Navy's air boss will decide by the end of April if the proposed fixes for the F-35C nose gear are acceptable for his pilots, according to an official. Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, naval air forces commander, will receive the data that was collected from testing at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, NJ, Rear Adm. Mat Winter, F-35 deputy program executive officer, told Inside Defense April 5. "The engineers think it looks good, but of course they're not the warfighter,...

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