Citing engine flaw, Pentagon grounds F-35 jets
Posted: February 23, 2013 at 5:13 a.m.
Lockheed Martin, maker of the high-tech F-35 fighter, said 64 of the jets would be affected by the Pentagon’s grounding order.
The Pentagon said Friday that it had grounded all of its stealthy, new F-35 fighter jets after an inspection found a crack in a turbine blade in the engine of one of the planes.
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