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Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021) by sklargh on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @09:02AM (#34610495)
It is worth noting that the US operates a number of F-35s out of Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. The weather conditions are comparable to the sub-arctic areas of Scandinavia.

Heck they were figuring out how to operate in Thule this month.

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Re:Why Finland Selected the F-35A (2021) by magicalhippo on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @10:58AM (#34612301)
The F-35s in Eielson seems to be a quite recent development though from what I can see[1][2], while the article I linked to was from 2017 when they were doing final certification tests of the "arctic landing device".

But yeah, seems like it's definitely not an issue these days.

[1]: https://www.f35.com/f35/news-and-features/north-to-the-futur...

[2]: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/01/23/the-air-force-is-swappin...

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