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The
jets are from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 based at Air
Station Yuma in Arizona.
Mark Wise, commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing had
decided on Thursday to suspend flight operations after because
of "anomalies" in the autonomic logistics information system
(ALIS) software upgrade.
The software issues have been mitigated, the U.S. Marine Corps
said in a statement.
The Joint Program Office (JPO) said that JPO and Lockheed Martin
Corp have made the software fix, without giving details of what
measures were taken.
A 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing spokesman had told CNN on Thursday
that the suspension of the fighter jets was not related to
performance or safety of the aircraft. U.S. Senator John McCain
had said the suspension was concerning. (http://cnn.it/2rWNOHh)
U.S. President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials have
criticized the F-35, the Pentagon's most expensive program, for
its many delays and cost overruns.
Earlier in June, a quarter of the operating F-35 fleet was
grounded because of irregularities in the pilots' oxygen
supplies.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru and Mike Stone in
Washington; Editing by Eric Meijer)
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