10mo ago

An F-35 plane crashed while landing at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. The pilot managed to eject safely.

https://apnews.com/article/f35-air-force-jet-crashes-alaska-b85f19849361ddb3882cdc551f5d0f1d

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"The crash caused significant damage to the aircraft". Um, what aircraft? You mean that hole in the ground?
Glad the pilot's OK.
Isn't the failure rate on the F 35 like WAY higher than previous fighters? Oh well, at least Lockheed got that sweet, sweet contract, right?
- It has extremely low flight time. There is also "Right to repair" issues in favour of manufacturer where they don't provide adequate manuals to keep the aircraft operational. Decline of US is affected by military mission to spend more money to political donors rather than provide value to Armed Forces.
Google says that thing cost somewhere between $82MM - $109MM. I wonder how many meals it could have been instead.
- As of July 2024, the average flyaway costs per plane are: US$82.5 million for the F-35A, $109 million for the F-35B, and $102.1 million for the F-35C.
  Wikipedia.
- Thats a lot of millimeter dollars.
  
  Tiny tiny dollars!
  But for real though: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/fixed-income/mm-millions/
- My country benefits from military surplus aides from the U. S. I wouldn't mind if America takes care of it's children first.
That's gonna be a lot of paperwork
- And meetings to discuss / review the paperwork...
Isn't that the second F35 in a few weeks? I can remember another F35 having a nose gear failure with the pilot ejecting at ground level.
- I can't find anything in the last few weeks, there was one nearly a year ago. No ejection though.
  
  You're right, I saw an older video and took it as new: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9GBHNaYzcs
Shit'll buff out
Am I missing something? I’m not seeing a video in the post or at the link
Whilst in technically true that the plane was landing, I don't think he was actually making a landing.
Looked a lot more like the plane wasn't under power at all.
- Landing gear were down, so it was likely coming in for a landing when the incident occurred. Based on the height and positioning, maybe an attempted go-around that ended in abandoning the craft entirely.

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