Israel grounds 11 F-35 JSF jets after U.S. crash

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) reported on Sunday that following the crash of a U.S. F-35 Type B fighter jet in Texas earlier this month, and the recommendation of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office (JPO), 11 Israeli F-35 fighter jets will be grounded.

"The IAF will analyze the findings from the incident and will draw conclusions and recommendations for the safe return of the aircraft to operational duty," the IDF Spokesperson's Unit added.

Lockheed Martin said at the time that they were aware of the incident and that the pilot succeeded in ejecting safely.

Earlier this year, the U.S. military grounded its entire fleet of F-35s after a malfunction detected in their ejection seat system.

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