JSF Program Lifts Grounding Of F-35 Fleet; Investigation Ongoing

By Dan Taylor / August 18, 2011 at 2:40 PM
The F-35 joint program office will resume test flights of the Joint Strike Fighter, Joe DellaVedova, JSF spokesman, said in a statement today. The JSF program suspended both air and ground operations of the aircraft on Aug. 10 after one of the Air Force variants had an engine power failure. However, both the government and contractor engineering teams “determined the program could resume developmental test flight operations while the investigations continues,” DellaVedova said. “This assessment was made after reviewing data...

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