F-35B Goes Down During Hovering Test; Pilot Ejects
December 16 2022
An advanced stealth fighter for the U.S. Marine Corps has crashed during testing at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, reports USNI News.
On Thursday a U.S. government pilot was testing the F-35B short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (STOVL) jet when it suffered an unspecified failure during a hover and crashed. The pilot ejected safely.
The fighter had not yet been delivered to the U.S. government.
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 final assembly plant shares a runway with...
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