Italy’s F-35 Plant to Reopen Wednesday Written 18 March 2020
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Defense News reports that the “F-35 final assembly and check out plant in Cameri, Italy, will reopen Wednesday after a two day temporary shutdown meant to help prevent coronavirus.” According to a “source with knowledge of the program, the Cameri-based facility was closed on March 16 and 17 for ‘deep cleaning and sanitation’ as a precautionary move to prevent the spread of the novel strain of coronavirus...that has propagated worldwide.”
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