The First US Air Force F-35 Stealth Fighters Needed ‘Chilled Fuel’ If Temps On Flight Day Were over 80°F: A Lockheed Martin Flightline Quality Assurance Manager Explained Why

The First US Air Force F-35 Stealth Fighters Needed ‘Chilled Fuel’ If Temps On Flight Day Were over 80°F: A Lockheed Martin Flightline Quality Assurance Manager Explained Why

The F-35 dumps heat from its avionics, subsystems, and engine into its own fuel, which works as a giant heat sink. Early test jets reportedly needed chilled fuel on days above 80 degrees, and in 2014 airmen at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona coated their refueling trucks to keep the fuel cool