Strong tailwind caused F-35A engine fire

ATTRITION Subscribe to www.airforcesmonthly.com for breaking news stories. E-mail the news team at edafm@keypublishing.com The upper rear fuselage of F-35A 12-5052 following its engine fire on September 23, 2016, at Mountain Home AFB. USAF A STRONG tailwind has been confirmed as the cause of the engine fire that seriously damaged a US Air Force F-35A Lightning II during start-up at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, on September 23, 2016, see Attrition, November 2016, p92. An Air Education and Training