Pratt & Whitney’s F119 Engine Just Passed One Million Flight Hours — a Milestone China and Russia Spent Decades Trying to Match

Pratt & Whitney’s F119 Engine Just Passed One Million Flight Hours — a Milestone China and Russia Spent Decades Trying to Match

Pratt & Whitney just announced that its F119 engine has passed one million flight hours. It powered the world's first fifth-generation fighter two decades ago, and rival engine makers in China and Russia have spent the years since trying to build anything that matches it. Most still haven't.