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F-35 Test Flights Resume As GAO Raps Software Development

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Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

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By Marina Malenic Flights have resumed for seven of the 10 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft grounded after a generator failure last week, the Pentagon said yesterday. AF-4, a System Development and Demonstration (SDD) aircraft, experienced a dual generator failure and oil leak while conducting flight test operations March 9 out of Edwards AFB, Calif., the F-35 Joint Program Office has previously said (Defense Daily, March 14). As a safety precaution, operations were suspended beginning on March 10. Since…

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