Originally Posted by
tjav8b
I recently heard the F-35 failed enviromental testing at Eglin Air Force Base and will be going somewhere else.
Man, Eglin has changed. I went to elementary school on base at the entrance to the 33rd TAC wing. Back then the F-4 was the plane of the day and those things were so loud that they rattled the windows and shook the walls in the school. If they weren't billowing smoke, it only menat they weren't started.
Now jets have to under go (and pass) enironmental testing? Sheeesh, I'm old.