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US military grounds all F-35 jets
The US military has temporarily grounded its entire fleet of F-35 fighter jets in the wake of a crash in South Carolina last month.
Inspections are to be carried out on faulty fuel tubes.
An official report questioned earlier this year whether the F-35 was ready for combat after dozens of faults were found.
[...] In a statement, the F-35 Joint Program Office said the US and its international partners had suspended flight operations while a fleet-wide inspection of fuel tubes was conducted.
"If suspect fuel tubes are installed, the part will be removed and replaced. If known good fuel tubes are already installed, then those aircraft will be returned to flight status.
"Inspections are expected to be completed within the next 24 to 48 hours."
The aircraft, which uses stealth technology to reduce its visibility to radar, comes in three variants.
The crash in South Carolina involved an F-35B, which is able to land vertically and costs around $100m (£75m).
The pilot in that incident ejected safely but the aircraft was destroyed.
The plane, manufactured by Lockheed Martin but including parts made in several other countries, has been sold to a number of nations, including the UK, Japan, Italy, Turkey and South Korea.
[...] The Ministry of Defence in London said the UK had decided to "pause some F-35 flying as a precautionary measure while we consider the findings of an ongoing enquiry".
But the MOD said F-35 flight trials from the aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, were continuing and the programme remained on schedule to provide UK armed forces with "a game-changing capability".
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 12 2018, @03:24AM
Horrible. It was a horrible fight. No, it couldn't even be described as a fight; those two little girls were punching and kicking the little boy, who was not fighting back at all. Thomas, deeply disturbed by this blatant bullying, decided to intervene.
"Stop!" he screamed. Upon hearing the man's shout, the two little girls stopped beating up on the little boy and turned to face the source of the sound. When Thomas finally reached the children, he began questioning them about what had happened.
From what Thomas could gather, the bullying started because the boy had a ball that he wouldn't give to the girls. While it was typical for children to engage in bullying, what was atypical was the level of violence the girls used. Thomas thought about how he could resolve the bullying situation, and quickly came upon to a solution. All he had to do was implement it...
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It was indeed different from usual. The boy was unmoving, but not because he was dead; it was because Thomas had smashed his spine with a hammer. The man lifted up the little boy's limp body and began violating his anus. Thomas pumped and pumped and pumped some more, until he was completely satisfied. At the end of it all, a large amount of seed was deposited into the boy's rectum. Then, the man put an end to the boy with the very hammer he had used to steal his ability to move. Finally, Thomas made a note in his journal to remind himself in the future to avoid that method, as it was too boring when they were completely unable to resist. The man then looked to the last child...
Brutal. No, even "brutal" was an understatement. For the last of the three children, the man went above and beyond the level of violence he normally dispensed. After violating the girl from behind, he smashed her fingers one by one; he broke her teeth out a few at a time; he snapped her arms; he slammed her face; and he mutilated her with a knife. After all of that, it was no surprise that blood loss soon stole the last of her motion. That was the end of that.
Thomas reviewed the results of his lesson; a smile appeared on his face, and in his heart. He had done a good thing for those children, so it was no surprise that he would feel good about the situation. Yes, it was a truly good thing; the girls could no longer bully, and the boy could no longer be bullied. Thus, the situation had been completely resolved.
Thomas walked off into the sunset with a smile on his face, leaving behind the silent, educated children...