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By DAVE MAJUMDAR
Published: 3 Aug 2011 16:20
All 20 U.S. F-35 Lightning IIs have
been grounded following a failure of the aircraft's integrated power
package (IPP). THE IPP ISSUE occurred in one of the U.S. Air Force's conventional takeoff
and landing F-35As, The incident took place at about 8:30
a.m. Aug. 2 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., during a ground maintenance
run of aircraft AF-4, the fourth
conventional takeoff and landing
version of the triservice Joint Strike Fighter. Following the failure of the IPP- which combines the functions
performed by an auxiliary power unit,emergency power system and
environmental controls - the crew shut down the aircraft as per standard operating procedures, according to a press release by the JSF program
office.
Published: 3 Aug 2011 16:20
All 20 U.S. F-35 Lightning IIs have
been grounded following a failure of the aircraft's integrated power
package (IPP). THE IPP ISSUE occurred in one of the U.S. Air Force's conventional takeoff
and landing F-35As, The incident took place at about 8:30
a.m. Aug. 2 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., during a ground maintenance
run of aircraft AF-4, the fourth
conventional takeoff and landing
version of the triservice Joint Strike Fighter. Following the failure of the IPP- which combines the functions
performed by an auxiliary power unit,emergency power system and
environmental controls - the crew shut down the aircraft as per standard operating procedures, according to a press release by the JSF program
office.