The jet's pilot - Ian Knight, Commanding Officer of the 323 Test & Evaluation Squadron, based in Bakersfield, California - looks out from the cockpit after flying the aircraft from Italy
Daily Mail: Bungling Dutch air force firefighters give the country's first F-35A jet a foam bath instead of a water cannon salute at official arrival ceremony
* Hundreds gathered to see arrival of stealth combat jet at Leeuwarden Air Base
* Royal Netherlands Air Force mix-up saw two crash trucks shoot foam at aircraft
* Base firefighters had 'responded to real emergency involving F-16 Viper fighter jet earlier and forgot to switch to shooting regular water for ceremony'
It was meant to be the Dutch air force's big moment - a water cannon salute to herald the arrival of its first F-35A stealth combat jet.
But the air force ceremony turned into air farce when the plane was accidentally covered in firefighting foam instead.
Footage shows the F-35 Lightning II arriving at Leeuwarden Air Base yesterday afternoon amid much fanfare.
As the plane comes into view, two crash trucks at the Royal Netherlands Air Force base begin shooting a 'water' arc in salute.
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Update: Whoops! First F-35A Based In The Netherlands Got A Foam Bath By Mistake (Warzone/The Drive)
WNU Editor: Opppsss!
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