One day after grounding the F-35B at MCAS Yuma, the U.S. Marine Corps has allowed the jets assigned to VMFA-211 to resume flight operations.
A U.S. Marine F-35 Lightning II from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 speeds down the runway during a 53rd Weapon Evaluation Group, Weapon System Evaluation Program at the Tyndall flightline Sept. 16, 2016. During this WSEP, VMFA 211 completed numerous sorties including the one that fired the first operational F-35 AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Solomon Cook/Released)
The grounding was related to software glitches in the Autonomic Logistics Information System.
Both the F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin released a statement saying that they will “continue to monitor and improve ALIS performance.”
