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F-35 Fleet Cleared For Flight

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Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

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By Marina Malenic F-35 Joint Strike Fighter test flights resumed last week after it was found that faulty maintenance procedures led to an engine generator failure earlier this month, the Joint Program Office said last week. "Maintenance documents have been amended to provide improved engine starter/generator servicing," a JPO spokesman said via e-mail March 25. The fleet was grounded after a malfunction of one of the test articles (Defense Daily, March 14). The aircraft, designated AF-4, is one of 10…

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