It looks like DoD is confident enough that they understand the cause of a recent system malfunction that they are putting the test fleet back to work. It looks as though they plan to use telemetry to monitor a potential faulty valve to mitigate the risk of a similar failure in the future. Unfortunately, the production aircraft don't have similar instrumentation, so they may have to wait a while.
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/08/18/f-35-test-jets-cleared-to-fly-again/
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