An F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter © Randy Gon / U.S. Air Force photo / Reuters
Defense News: F-35A Catches Fire at Mountain Home Air Force Base
WASHINGTON — An F-35A caught fire during an exercise at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, the Air Force confirmed to Defense News.
The incident took place at around noon and involved an F-35A aircraft from the 61st Fighter Squadron located at Luke Air Force Base, the service said in a statement. No serious injuries seem to have been sustained by the pilot or nearby crew.
"The pilot had to egress the aircraft during engine start due to a fire from the aft section of the aircraft," Air Force spokesman Capt. Mark Graff said in an email. "The fire was extinguished quickly. As a precautionary measure, four 61st Aircraft Maintenance Unit Airmen, three Airmen from the 366th Maintenance Group and the 61st Fighter Squadron pilot were transported to the base medical center for standard evaluation."
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Update #1: F-35 Bursts Into Flames On The Runway (Daily Caller)
Update #2: Cracks in the armor? Another F-35 fighter jet catches fire in US (RT)
WNU Editor: ON top of all of these problems .... new concerns about this .... Chinese Quantum Radar May Derail Lockheed's F-35 Project (Seeking Alpha).
1 comment:
Seeking Alpha is made with a lot of "if" and some mistakes. I am not a fan of F-35 (F-22 is much better)but this article is flawed.
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