Marine Corps Resumes F-35B Flight Operations After Fire At Eglin AFB

By Lara Seligman / June 27, 2014 at 7:11 PM
The Marine Corps resumed F-35B flight operations on June 27 after a fire aboard an Air Force F-35A at a Florida training base led all three services that deploy the Joint Strike Fighter to temporarily suspend flights of the aircraft. "The Marine Corps will resume F-35B flight operations today," Marine Corps spokesman Capt. Richard Ulsh wrote in a statement emailed to Inside the Navy . "We are continuing with our plans to deploy to the [United Kingdom] next month." The...

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