Five of six F-35 fighter jets were unable to take off during testing because of software glitches but the Air Force still plans to declare the aircraft combat-ready this year
Only one F-35 fighter jet was able to successfully take off during exercise J Michael Gilmore, the Pentagon’s chief weapons tester, said the other five planes weren’t able to take off because of software issues Gilmore said a ‘symptom of immature systems and software prevented the other alert launches from being completed’ Despite issues Air…