Our Entire Fleet of F-35s Just Got Grounded Due to Faulty Ejection Seats

A 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief prepares an F-35A for take off Aug. 2, 2016, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stormy Archer) Public Domain.

If there’s one plane that the media loves to hate, it’s the F-35 Lightning II.

Maybe it’s because the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program remains the DOD’s most expensive weapon system program to date, with a program price tag of $1.7 trillion.