Aviation News
There will be no flyovers by the U.S. military at NASCAR, football, baseball and other sports events once cuts under sequestration full kicks in.
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Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, the F-35 program chief, publicly ripped Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney on Wednesday during a visit to Australia.
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With the F-35 still grounded with an engine issue, the first class of six F-35 pilots will have to postpone making their first flights scheduled next week.
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Parts from BF-2’s power thermal management system had to be sent back to Honeywell for inspection after the F-35B had smoke in the cockpit on Feb. 14.
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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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