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F-35A Flight Suspension Now Air Force-Wide, Affects Some F-35Bs, Cs

Pat Host

Thursday, June 26th, 2014

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F-35A Flight Suspension Now Air Force-Wide, Affects Some F-35Bs, Cs

The Air Force's F-35A conventional variant. Photo: Air Force.

The suspension of F-35A flights continued into its third day Thursday after the Air Force extended the suspension from just Eglin AFB, Fla., to fleet-wide on Wednesday. The Air Force originally suspended flights Monday at Eglin after a fire started in the back of a jet just before takeoff. Air Force spokeswoman Maj. Natasha Waggoner said Thursday the suspension was extended to Air Combat Command (ACC), Air Education and Training Center (AETC) and Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), major commands…

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