Updated Feb 14, 2013 - 11:40 am
Grounded F-35Bs at Yuma base will fly again soon
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YUMA, Ariz. -- Military officials said a crimp in a lubricating hose is being fixed, allowing the Marine Corps model of the new F-35 fighter jet to fly again at the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and elsewhere.
The Yuma Sun reported that the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office issued a flight clearance notice Tuesday for the F-35B.
The F-35B was grounded after a Jan. 16 test flight at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida had to be aborted.
The lubricating line was found to be improperly crimped on six F-35Bs.
The F-35B is the short takeoff and vertical landing version of the F-35.
Flight operations of other F-35 models were unaffected.
Spokesman Joe DellaVedova of the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office said the improperly crimped hoses are being replaced.
