Aircraft
U.S. Air Force Suspends Flight Operations of Some F-35As
Insulating material around an avionics cooling line in a fuel tank was found to be shedding, the F-35 Joint Program Office said.

The U.S. Air Force has suspended flight operations of 15 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters to repair insulating material around an avionics cooling line in a fuel tank, the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) announced on September 16. The problem also affects 42 fighters on the production line.