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Re: U.S. military suspends operations for F-35 fighter jets, citing safety concerns NewsGuy.com
Miloch (Miloch_member@newsguy.com) 2018/10/11 18:13

In article <unkvrdh1ftbao2ofjmcd08ovi9a39obk36@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>On 11 Oct 2018 14:22:17 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>wrote:
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>>In article <b9fvrdlmqdt7da1d3l3qvftn1jab96f2t4@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>>>U.S. military suspends operations for F-35 fighter jets, citing safety
>>>concerns
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>>>The United States temporarily suspended operations for its fleet of
>>>F-35 fighter jets for 24 to 48 hours to check for possible faulty fuel
>>>tubes in the engines of the planes, after a crash in South Carolina
>>>late last month raised concerns about whether the part was to blame.
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>>>The Pentagon said in a statement Thursday that the U.S. military and
>>>its international partners, which have also purchased F-35 fighter
>>>jets from contractor Lockheed Martin, would be suspending flight
>>>operations to inspect the fuel tubes out of caution........ more
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>>>https://wapo.st/2OiTPcz
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>>It won't be long before we'll be reduced to defending the country with
>>gyro-copters....then it'll be discovered that the fabric used to make the wings
>>was substandard and will have to be remade with 'ripstop' nylon.
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>Hummm, imaginative.
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>

...realistic...whatever happened to the fly-before-you-buy concept that the
AForce was supposed to take?...remember that 60 Minutes episode with the AForce
general who said that's what they were going to do?



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