Sailors taxi an F-35C Lightning II, assigned to the 'Argonauts' of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson on January 22
* The USS Carl Vinson on Monday suffered a 'landing mishap' with F-35C warplane
* The Navy said the stealth fighter 'subsequently fell to the water'
* It is packed with the latest technology and advances in radar-deflecting design
* The ship is currently in the South China Sea, taking part in exercises
* The pilot of the F-35 ejected safely and was rescued by helicopter
* Seven were injured: three required evacuation to a medical facility in Manila
The U.S. faces a race to beat China in recovering an F-35 stealth fighter that plunged into the South China Sea on Monday after what the Navy termed a 'landing mishap' aboard the USS Carl Vinson.
The pilot was forced to eject and seven military personnel in total were injured.
The $100m warplane, customised for naval operations, plunged overboard, the US 7th Fleet said - making it the second time in three months that an F-35 has been lost overboard.
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Update: Navy Exploring Options For Recovering F-35C That Fell Into The South China Sea (Warzone/The Drive)
WNU Editor: This accident happened in China's backyard.
I am also willing to bet that the Chinese have a very good idea on where this F-35C Lightning II fighter is resting on the ocean floor. They are certainly bragging about the accident .... F-35C’s crash on carrier in S.China Sea exposes US exhaustion in containing China: experts (Global Times).
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Second time this has happened in such a short space of time.
Hmmm...
Comrade Xi laughs and says just another week or two until another one crashes.
The heroes of the PLA will simply pick and choose which piece of junk to inspect!
Then again why bother, USA makes inferior garbage anyway!
That's why the whole world copies it.
Well said, 5:11, must be why China's weapons look like a mirror image of Western/US tech. Corn hole.
Yes, the French Rafale, better than anything Lockheed, Boeing, Northrup ever made is a copy.
Great point.
5:11 have you serviced your grandma lately? From what I hear she's worried you've lost interest.
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