Israel grounded 11 of its F-35A stealth fighters on Sunday after an F-35B US fighter crashed earlier this month in Texas.

The F-35 is reportedly one of the IDF’s key components to its stealth attacks against enemy advanced weapons in a variety of countries.

An IDF statement said that the grounding decision was made after an initial review was taken of the Israeli F-35 aircraft and revealed potentially similar malfunctions as what had occurred in the US fighter’s crash.

At the same time, the IDF and Lockheed Martin, who manufactures the F-35, pointed out that it is not certain the Israeli F-35A has the same problem.

Rather, they emphasized that the grounding, which only applies to 11 aircraft out of a much larger fleet of F-35s and other planes, was taken as a precaution.