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Fun fact, the f35 jet fighter has kept needing more and more bleed-air for thermal management, and it's putting more than expected wear & load on the engines.

One of the next major upgrades is the P&W Engine Core Upgrade which replaces some of the inner engine, and one of the main features is a greatly increased thermal management capability for the engine, since it has so much more bleed air demand than originally expected. I think maybe more bleed air too? This after GE's proposed XA100 got turned down, which would have been even more of a beast (albeit not fit in the Marines stol jet).



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