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US grounds entire F-15 fleet
06/11/2007 21:56 - (SA)
Washington - The US Air Force on Tuesday grounded its entire fleet of more than 700 F-15 jet fighters in the wake of the crash of one of the planes last week, the Bloomberg agency reported.
The grounding order also affects all such planes now involved in operations in Afghanistan, Britain, Japan, Hawaii and the Middle East, the report said.
It said Japan's air force joined in the measure and ordered its fleet of 200 F-15s to be grounded.
In the meantime, experts were carrying out an investigation into the flying capabilities of the ageing jet, which was first introduced in 1975.
The plane's manufacturer, Boeing, has offered its assistance in studying the cause of the crash of an F-15 last Friday in the midwestern state of Missouri.
- SAPA
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