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A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II in flight. Operations of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II family began in 1995 with the Joint Strike Fighter program.Since its first flight in 2006, the aircraft has faced substantial controversy, shortages in its research and development supply, [1] and safety concerns due to incidents. [2]
There are three versions of the single-engine jet: The conventional takeoff and landing F-35A, the short takeoff and vertical landing F-35B and the aircraft carrier F-35C.
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The United States Marine Corps has completed its investigation into an F-35B Lightning II aircraft that crashed into the woods in Williamsburg County last year.
Military investigators are facing a slew of questions about why an F-35 stealth fighter jet went missing for more than 24 hours before its wreckage was found in rural South Carolina.. As scrutiny ...
The F-35 was the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, which was the merger of various combat aircraft programs from the 1980s and 1990s. One progenitor program was the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Advanced Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) which ran from 1983 to 1994; ASTOVL aimed to develop a Harrier jump jet replacement for the U.S. Marine Corps ...
The aircraft mistakenly attempted to take off using an incorrect runway that was too short, causing it to overrun the runway and crash. December 19, 2005 20 0 0 Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101: Government Cut channel, off of Miami Beach: Florida: Grumman G-73 Mallard
The crash of an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in South Carolina over the weekend has raised numerous questions about what prompted the pilot to eject and how the $100 million warplane was ...
An F-35B jet en route to California from Fort Worth crashed in New Mexico on Tuesday after stopping to refuel at Kirtland ... The crash happened around 2 p.m. Tuesday and the pilot is recovering ...