On previous page 'PhilipG' enquired: [software? - guess 3i - clues:
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...softwa-425098/ ]
"...As a matter of interest what software version were the USAF aircraft that came over the pond? I personally thought it was brave to try a long flight with a 3I aircraft, when it had been published that they needed to reboot every X hours, it would not have been too helpful if one had ditched whilst rebooting west of Ireland, no let's not change to MRA4 discussions.
As I said a bit of clarity would be helpful, even if it is as basic as the software instabilities in 3Ix have been sorted out in 3Ix2, as proven by Y....."
First F-35A Overseas Deployment 05 Jul 2016 John A. Tirpak
"...[Maj. William Andreotta] reported no inflight problems and no software instability of the three F-35As, and he also said there were no problems with the passing of fuel, which had been an issue as recently as last fall. At that time, software was slowing the passage of fuel near max fill, to avoid overpressuring the system—causing excessive time on boom—and program director Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan reported that a software fix was in the works.
MSgt. Ed Deleon, chief maintainer for the RIAT mission, reported that the F-35’s Autonomic Logistics Information System, or ALIS, has worked perfectly during the deployment, but was being accessed through secure internet, and not through the ALIS “deployment” package...."
http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive...eployment.aspx