F-35B stealth fighter crashed in California, US Marine Corps say

The US Marine Corps says the pilot of an F-35B stealth fighter ejected before the jet crashed in California, and was taken to a medical facility. The jet went down on Friday afternoon near the Miramar airbase in San Diego. A Marines statement called it a “Class A mishap”. That is the most severe mishap category, used w

The U.S. Marine Corps says the pilot of an F-35B stealth fighter ejected before the jet crashed in California, and was taken to a medical facility

A Marines statement called it a “Class A mishap.” That’s the most severe mishap category, used when the damage totals more than $2 million, an aircraft is destroyed or a service member killed.

The U.S. Marine Corps says an F-35B jet crashed near a Southern California air base, and the pilot has been taken to a medical facility.

An aerial photo shows a smoking F-35 fighter jet next to scorched vegetation in a field at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

Marine Corps says F-35B stealth fighter crashed in California, pilot ejected

The U.S. Marine Corps says an F-35B jet crashed near a Southern California air base, and the pilot has been taken to a medical facility

Marine Corps says F-35B stealth fighter crashed in California, pilot ejected  AP News

Fighter jet crashes at Marine Corps air base near San Diego  USA Today

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35 stealth fighter jet crashed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Calif., on Friday.  Emergency crews are responding to the scene in what Marine officials said was an F-35 “aircraft mishap,” according to Fox 5. It is unclear what caused the crash.  Marine Corps Air Station Miramar i

Military jet crashes and burns at California Marine Corps base  CNN

Emergency crews responded after an F-35 was involved in an aircraft mishap at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego.

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