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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Marine Corps F-35B Flights Suspended After a Part Fails

F-35B Lightning II |The Pentagon suspended flights of the F-35B, the Marine Corps model of its Joint Strike Fighter, after the failure of a propulsion-system part caused a pilot to abort a takeoff.

“We are assessing potential causes and evaluating actions to return” the Marine Corps version to flight, Pentagon spokesman Joe DellaVedova said yesterday in an e-mail.

The Marine Corps model, designed for short takeoffs and landings on carriers and amphibious-warfare vessels, is the most complex of three models being built in the Pentagon’s costliest program.

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