F-35B havariet - Ikke mye nytt om grounding foreløpig - Stars & Stripes

 

Some F-35s grounded after one crashed, pilot ejected at Texas base this month

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DOUG G. WARE

STARS AND STRIPES • December 28, 2022

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Officials look over the F-35B military aircraft wreckage, including the parachute (right) along the runway at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, Dec. 15, 2022. The pilot ejected successfully as the plane bounced off the runway after hovering. The Fort Worth skyline can be seen in the background. (Tom Fox, The Dallas Morning News/TNS)

WASHINGTON — A small number of F-35 fighter jets have temporarily been barred from flight after a pilot crashed one of the planes this month while testing it at a joint base in North Texas, officials said Wednesday.

The F-35B was going through testing before delivery to the Marine Corps when it encountered trouble while hovering over a runway at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth in Texas on Dec. 15. 

WASHINGTON — A small number of F-35 fighter jets have temporarily been barred from flight after a pilot crashed one of the planes this month while testing it at a joint base in North Texas, officials said Wednesday.

The F-35B was going through testing before delivery to the Marine Corps when it encountered trouble while hovering over a runway at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth in Texas on Dec. 15.