Joint Strike Fighter jets forced to stay at Avalon Air Show after lightning concerns, by the ABC.

Two Joint Strike Fighter planes, worth around $100 million each, have been forced to stay an extra day at the Avalon Air Show west of Melbourne because there could be lightning near their next destination.

The aircraft were scheduled to fly to Amberley, south-west of Brisbane yesterday, but will now leave today instead. …

But the aircraft will require modifications before they can fly in lightning — a process that will be completed on Australia’s fleet of F-35s before delivery next year.

Incredible. They still need a modification to fly through lightning!??? Ironically, the F-35’s full name is “Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II”. What a stuff up. Hope we never have to use them.