The elementary school, serving mostly military children, is one of the sites in the Navy water system where fuel odors have been detected in the water this week.
Lockheed Martin spent its own money developing this LITE trainer over the last 18 months after hearing signals from F-35 customers that they needed more training capacity for less cost.
According to a Nov. 29 post from the official Joint Base Pearl Harbor- Hickam Facebook page, the Hawaii Department of Health and the Navy have tested the water and found no measurable quantities of fuel contaminants.
Officials said the effort was due to the lack of a spare parts supply system for the next-generation carriers, but some wonder why the Navy didn't have this sorted out already.