The Israel Air Force is conducting a careful examination of all the F-16 warplanes in its possession but has not grounded them completely as suggested by the American manufacturers and the American government. The grounding was ordered in the United States because the aircraft’s most sophisticated navigational computer has been found to be malfunctioning. Air Force sources said similar examinations had been carried out in the past when requests were made to ground aircraft because of faults which had come to light. Meanwhile, the U.S. has not yet announced any decision on whether it will release for shipment the 10 F-16 jets whose delivery has been suspended.
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