
The Air Force’s fleet-wide suspension of F-35A flights continued into its eighth day Tuesday. Flights of the conventional variant have been suspended since June 23 when a fire broke out in the back of a jet when it was about to takeoff at Eglin AFB, Fla. Although the suspension affected just F-35As at Eglin, it was extended fleet wide June 25. Local operators in the Navy and Marine Corps halted flights of F-35Cs and F-35Bs, respectively, on June 26. The…