Pentagon Grounds The Entire F-35 Fleet

An F-35A at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Photo: Air Force

Multi-Billion Dollar F-35 Fleet Grounded -- ABC News

The military has grounded its entire fleet of F-35 stealth fighters, the most expensive weapons program in history, after finding a crack in one of the multi-million-dollar plane’s engines.

The grounding comes just days after the Marine Corps gave its variation of the fighter the green light to fly again after its own month-long grounding for an unrelated problem.

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program office released a statement today saying a routine engine inspection on Feb. 19 “revealed a crack on a low-pressure turbine blade of an F-35 engine” and the office took the “precautionary measure” of suspending all F-35 flight operations.

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More News On The F-35 Fleet Being Grounded

U.S. Grounds Entire F-35 Fleet Over Engine Issues -- Defense News
Pentagon Grounds JSF Fleet After Turbine Blade Cracks; 'Potential Exists For Catastrophic Failure' -- Aol Defense
Engine Crack Grounds Pentagon’s Entire Fleet of F-35 Stealth Fighters -- Danger Room
Engine Crack Grounds Entire Lockheed F-35 Fleet -- Aviation Week
Pentagon grounds entire Joint Strike Fighter fleet -- Stars and Stripes
Pentagon suspends F-35 flights due to engine blade crack -- Reuters
Pentagon grounds F-35 fleet after engine crack found -- CBS/AP
Pentagon grounds F-35 fleet over engine issues -- USA Today/AP
F-35 fleet grounded after crack on engine blade found -- Washington Times
New Troubles for Pentagon’s F-35 Fighter -- New York Times
Pentagon grounds all of Lockheed Martin's F-35s after engine defect found -- al.com
Pentagon grounds all F-35 strike fighters over crack in engine blade -- NBC
U.S. military grounds F-35 fighter jets -- CNN
F-35s grounded as precaution after crack found in engine blade -- US Air Force
F-35 grounded after engine blade crack discovery -- Australian Aviation
The Entire Fleet Of F-35s Has Been Grounded -- Business Insider
US grounds all F-35s after discovering potentially fatal flaw -- RT