Australia Says Delivery of F-35 Jets Not Disrupted by Sept. Crash

A Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft is seen at the ILA Air Show in Berlin, Germany, on April 25, 2018. Axel Schmidt/Reuters

MELBOURNE—The Australian Defence Force said on Oct. 13, its deliveries of F-35 fighter jets from the United States were still on track, despite the planes being grounded after one of the aircraft crashed in September.

All U.S. and international F-35 jets made by Lockheed Martin Corp were grounded this week so that fuel tubes could be examined in an investigation of the crash on Sept. 28 in South Carolina.