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F-35 aircraft: ground the "B" with more flight hours

Identified two other faults in the fuel pipes

For a part of the Lockheed Martin F-35B aircraft the Pentagon decided to suspend the flight operations again after that due to a possible defect of a fuel pipe in the Pratt & Whitney F-135 engine. This time however -as reported by the "Marine Corps Times"- grounding only applies to older models that have accumulated a high number of hours of flight, since two defective components were detected at two...

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