{"id":19204,"date":"2018-10-12T19:33:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T19:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/12\/f-35s-with-13th-meu-and-marine-air-wings-are-back-to-normal-flight-operations-after-temporary-grounding-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:49:36","slug":"f-35s-with-13th-meu-and-marine-air-wings-are-back-to-normal-flight-operations-after-temporary-grounding-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/10\/12\/f-35s-with-13th-meu-and-marine-air-wings-are-back-to-normal-flight-operations-after-temporary-grounding-2\/","title":{"rendered":"F-35s with 13th MEU and Marine air wings are back to normal flight operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly a day after the Pentagon grounded all U.S. F-35s, the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and all three active Marine air wings are back to normal F-35 flight operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, the Pentagon announced the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/10\/11\/dod-announces-global-grounding-of-all-f-35s\/\" target=\"_blank\"> temporary grounding<\/a> of its F-35 fleet, citing mandatory inspections for a fuel tube suspected in a Sept. 28 crash of the high-tech fighter near the Marine air station in Beaufort, South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCurrently, all 2nd MAW [Marine Aircraft Wing] F-35B\u2019s with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/09\/28\/an-f-35b-has-crashed-near-marine-corps-air-station-beaufort\/\" target=_blank>Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501<\/a> (VMFAT 501) have been inspected,\u201d Marine spokesman 1st Lt. Sam Stephenson told Marine Corps Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/10\/11\/dod-announces-global-grounding-of-all-f-35s\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4778820.jpg_ab67f7.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">All US F-35s grounded worldwide<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">All F-35s have been grounded after common fuel tube problems found.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marine officials wouldn\u2019t provide figures on how many aircraft were cleared to fly with 2nd MAW, citing operational security concerns, but the stealth fighters with 2nd MAW are currently cleared to fly out of Beaufort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing is headquartered out of Cherry Point, North Carolina, but has aircraft at Marine air stations in New River, North Carolina, and Beaufort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe 1st Marine Aircraft Wing is complying with the inspection requirement associated with the temporary F-35 stand down and has resumed normal F-35B flight operations with aircraft that have been found in compliance,\u201d Maj. 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