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Why the F-35 Lightning Can’t Fly in Thunderstorms

The F-35 Lightning II is one of the most advanced fighter jets ever built—but it has a surprising weakness: lightning. Despite its name, the aircraft’s fuel tank protection system has faced serious ...
Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko, both 25, disappeared last week in Conejos County. A nasty storm hit the area where they disappeared.
The French Aerospace Lab estimates on average that each aircraft in the U.S. commercial fleet is struck by lightning every ...
Nowhere is this more true than in the study of electricity in the wild; namely, lightning. Primitive humans must have been ...
CONEJOS COUNTY, Colo. — Two hunters found dead last week in the San Juans died from a lightning strike, the Conejos County coroner said on Monday.
On Monday, the coroner announced the cause of death for two hunters who went missing earlier this month, saying they were ...
Struck by lightning during a roaring thunderstorm 10 years ago, an ancient pine tree in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz is thriving. Known as the “miracle tree,” this giant conifer now draws devotees from ...
Two hunters, Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko, were killed by a lightning strike in the San Juan National Forest in southern ...
KCRA 3 viewers and first responders shared video of rain and lightning impacts Tuesday as thunderstorms moved across parts of Northern California. Photos also showed trees being struck by lightning.
A man in Wadi Jalil near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, was filming a thunderstorm on a hill on August 21. Suddenly, lightning struck very close by – with a very loud crack. The 60 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All ...
In 1985, another group of hikers who took shelter in the same cave during a lightning storm were not so lucky. Three were ...
SAN DIEGO — Late-summer dry thunderstorms rolled into California from the southwest desert region early Sept. 2, bringing thousands of lightning strikes and increasing the risk of wildfires as high ...