“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?
Arguably F-35 have more failure points. I say this as an ex F-18 mechanic so you probably can’t take me at my word
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.
The R&D on that jet would have solved world hunger and provided free healthcare for the whole US. Instead, we kill our pilots with them. Excellent use of funds.
That doesn’t look like a normal landing. They should have strapped a cat to it to stabilize the axis.
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
It’s a feature of the software. Nothing to see here.
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.
