USAF F-35’s Returned to Full Service

As this publication reported at the end of July, the United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps grounded their fleets of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters after an unnamed issue was discovered with the cartridge actuated devices (CAD) in the Martin-Baker ejection seats. The CADs "initiate a series of automatic functions when aircrew pull the ejection handle to safely egress the aircraft and deploy the aircrews' parachute," according to the Navy, meaning pilots we're at risk of not being able to successfully eject.