Israel’s air force grounded part of its F-16 fleet for the second time in a month after learning of a malfunction in the same model plane used by the Greek Air Force. The move comes as Foreign Minister Moshe Arens is in the United States, where he is visiting plants that manufacture both F-15 and F-16 jets. The F-16 planes, which are said to make up the bulk of the Israeli air force fleet, were grounded earlier this year following a series of accidents involving engine problems in the jets in both the U.S. and Israeli air forces.
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