Originally Posted by
Diff Tail Shim
When? Never so on Jags or Tornados? 50 years ago.
You are correct of course and my bad. Solid intake blanks would be almost impossible to lose because of their size and way they fit. I was thinking the inflatable type that sit inside the intake held in by air pressure. The f35 look to be of this type. I have only ever seen this type fixed together by a tape under the fuselage with a flag dead centre.