October 26, 2001 — Lockheed Martin awarded the F-35 contract. Natal chart: Jupiter in Cancer, Venus and Mercury in Libra, Saturn in Gemini opposite Pluto in Sagittarius.
June 25, 2013 — Jupiter ingresses Cancer. First F-35C delivered to the U.S. Navy.
September 11–12, 2013 — Jupiter exact return conjunct natal Jupiter. Northrop Grumman discloses the ThNDR — a company-funded infrared countermeasures system developed specifically because the baseline F-35 had no protection against heat-seeking missiles.
March 19, 2026 — Jupiter returns to Cancer. F-35 struck by Iranian forces using passive infrared tracking, exploiting the heat signature vulnerability. Sun at 29 Pisces square the nodes. Mars in Pisces trine Jupiter, square natal Saturn/Pluto axis. Moon and Venus square natal Jupiter, opposite natal Venus and Mercury in Libra.
The vulnerability was named at the first Jupiter return. It was never fixed. The second Jupiter return delivered the result.
