US military grounds entire F-35 fleet

US military has temporarily grounded the entire fleet of its expensive state of the art F-35 fighter jets. Others using the jet have also suspended their flights.

The decision comes after a crash of F-35 in South Carolina last month. The crash in South Carolina involved an F-35B, which is able to land vertically and costs around $100m (£75m).

The F-35 is the largest and most expensive weapons programme of its type in the world and it is expected that the for many decades in future, F-35s would be the mainstay of the US and its export sales.

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Grounded F-35 fighters of USAF to be airborne again

The entire F-35 fighter jets fleet of the USAF that was grounded on account of a reported cracked turbine blade has been cleared to take off.

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The fault was detected during a routine inspection of an air force version of the jet (F-35A) at Edwards Air Force Base in California,

The tests by engine maker Pratt and Whitney, after the reported cracked turbine blade reports, show that the problem was "unique" problem and not a design flaw.

After the test reports, the Pentagon has confirmed that all its 51 planes had been cleared to resume flights.

It may be added that the F-35 is the Pentagon's most expensive weapons programme, with a cost of nearly $400bn (£260bn). And thousands of F-35s are due to be made for the US and its foreign partners.

Read more about it at: BBC News
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Japan selects F-35 as its fighter jet

[ via BBC News / Asia ] 20 Dec

Japan has chosen the US-made F-35 stealth fighter jet to replace its aging F-4s as the mainstay of its air defence fleet.

The jet was chosen over the Eurofighter Typhoon and Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet.

Tokyo announced it would buy a total of 42 of the Joint Strike Fighters from defence giant Lockheed Martin, in a deal worth some $8bn (£5bn).

Read BBC News / Asia for details

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