Three F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (rear to front) — AF-2, AF-3 and AF-4 — can be seen flying over Edwards Air Force Base in this Dec. 10, 2011, in this handout photo provided by Lockheed Martin. (photo by REUTERS/Lockheed Martin/Darin Russell)
The Hill: Pentagon grounds all F-35 fighter jets
The Pentagon’s entire fleet of F-35 joint strike fighters is grounded after the jets’ fuel tubes were suspected to be the cause of a crash last month, the Defense Department announced Thursday.
“The U.S. Services and international partners have temporarily suspended F-35 flight operations while the enterprise conducts a fleet-wide inspection of a fuel tube within the engine on all F-35 aircraft,” the F-35 Joint Program Office said in a statement.
“If suspect fuel tubes are installed, the part will be removed and replaced. If known good fuel tubes are already installed, then those aircraft will be returned to flight status.”
Inspections are expected to be completed within the next 24 to 48 hours, the program office noted.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 11, 2018
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F-35 aircraft grounded worldwide over engine concerns -- UPI
Pentagon temporarily grounds new F-35 jets after crash -- CNN
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USAF Faces Challenge in Meeting Mattis’ Readiness Goal -- Air Force Magazine
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SpaceX left out of next stage in Air Force’s next-generation rocket program -- Defense News
Air Force awards launch vehicle development contracts to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, ULA -- Space News
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