The F-35 Joint Simulation Environment, used to test the fifth-generation aircraft against adversaries, is posing a “minor disruption” for the enterprise during the global coronavirus pandemic because of its classified nature and the fact it is an enclosed space.
The commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt has asked the head of U.S. Pacific Fleet to remove his 4,000-member crew from the aircraft carrier and send the sailors into quarantine on Guam as the novel coronavirus continues to spread on the ship.