F-35 Fleet Approved For Flight; No Decision Yet On Farnborough

By Lara Seligman / July 15, 2014 at 12:15 PM
FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND -- The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet has been approved to return to flight, although no final decision has been made on whether the Marine Corps' short-takeoff-and-landing version of the aircraft will make it to the Farnborough International Air Show here this week. The approval was the first sign that the jets may make it to England -- albeit on the late side -- for their planned international debut since a fire broke out aboard an Air Force...

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