Saturday, June 24, 2017

F-35B To resume Flying After Software Glitches Grounded The Jet For A Day



USNI News: UPDATED: F-35B Operations in Yuma Resume After Temporary Halt Due to Software Update Issues

Flight operations in Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 resumed after a temporary one-day suspension to fix a problem related to a software update with the aircraft’s Autonomic Logistics Information System, the Marine Corps announced.

“Maj. Gen. Mark Wise, Commanding General of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, made the decision to temporarily suspend VMFA-211 flight operations pending fixes to a recent ALIS software upgrade within version 2.0.2 that has presented some anomalies,” 3rd Aircraft Wing spokesman Maj. Kurt Stahl said in a Thursday afternoon statement, noting that those anomalies “are related to maintenance codes not being reflected properly in the system.”

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Update: U.S. Marine Corps to Resume F-35 Operations a Day After Suspension at Arizona Base (Reuters)

WNU Editor: For an explanation of the above video and the role that software has in the F-35 program, go here .... Lockheed Made A Three Minute Long Cartoon Just To Explain F-35's ALIS (The Drive).

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