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Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, manager for the F-35 program, says grounding of the fleet could be lifted within a week once the cause of the engine problem is known.
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An F-15C from the Massachusetts Air National Guard inadvertently broke the sound barrier over the New Hampshire-Vermont border on Thursday morning.
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The entire F-35 fleet was grounded Friday by the Pentagon after a cracked engine blade was found on a F-35A at Edwards.
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U.S. Air Force chief Gen. Mark Welsh warned that if sequestration was to occur, 70 percent of all American combat aircraft would not be ready to fly in time of war by July.
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The U.S. Air Force is looking for suppliers to replace the F-15E’s CRT-based multi-purpose display (MPD) with more updated technology.
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