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F35 can't fly near thunderstorms.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...35-fighter-jet-known-as-the-Lightning-II.html
The damaging findings were disclosed in a Pentagon document which revealed that a fault within the JSF’s fuel tank could potentially lead to catastrophic explosion if the aircraft was struck by lightning in a thunderstorm.
The report from the Pentagon’s Operational Test and Evaluation Office states that all test flying within 25 miles of thunderstorms is “not permitted” until a device in the fuel tank which maintains correct oxygen levels is redesigned.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...35-fighter-jet-known-as-the-Lightning-II.html