![]() ![]() ![]() The Japanese military blamed that crash on spatial disorientation, “a situation in which a pilot cannot sense correctly the position, attitude, altitude, or the motion of an airplane,” according to the journal Military Medicine. In April 2019, a Japanese F-35 crashed into the Pacific Ocean off northern Japan, killing its pilot. The Air Force attributed the crash to a variety of factors involving the pilot and the plane’s systems. ![]() In May 2020, the pilot ejected safely when a US Air Force F-35 crashed on landing at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Last November, a British F-35B crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. In previous years, F-35s have been involved in at least eight other incidents, according to records kept by the crowdsourced website. On January 4, the pilot of a South Korean F-35 made an emergency “belly landing” at an air base on Tuesday after its landing gear malfunctioned due to electronic issues, according to the South Korean Air Force. Monday’s crash in the South China Sea was the second of an F-35 this year. From Taiwan Ministry of Defenseĭozens of Chinese warplanes fly near Taiwan after US-Japan show of naval might The addition of the F-35C to Carrier Air Wing 2 aboard Carl Vinson for its current deployment marks the first time a US carrier has flown with what the Navy calls its “air wing of the future,” which also includes F/A-18E/F fighters, EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft, E-2D airborne early warning aircraft and CMV-22 tilt-rotor transports.Ī Taiwan Ministry of Defense graphic shows where the warplanes flew on Sunday, January 23. naval aviation history that a stealth strike fighter has been deployed operationally on an aircraft carrier,” Lockheed Martin said. “This deployment marks the first time in U.S. The F-35C was the last of the three variants to become operational, doing so in only 2019.Ĭarl Vinson was the first of the US Navy’s 11 aircraft carriers to deploy with the F-35C when it left San Diego last August. The US Navy variant “features more robust landing gear to handle carrier takeoffs and landings, folding wings to fit on a crowded flight deck, larger wings, a slightly larger payload, and a slightly longer operating range,” according to the aircraft’s manufacturer, Lockheed Martin. More countries have orders in for the jet. Versions of the F-35 are also flown by US allies and partners, including Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands and Israel. The F-35A, flown by the Air Force, takes off and lands on conventional runways, and the F-35B, the Marine Corps version, is a short-takeoff vertical landing aircraft that can operate off the Navy’s amphibious assault ships. The crash is the first for an F-35C, the US Navy’s variant of the single-engine stealth fighter, designed for operations off aircraft carriers. Mark Langford, said Tuesday the impact to the Vinson’s flight deck was “superficial” and the warship and its air wing had resumed normal operations.Īs for the F-35, “the status of the recovery is in progress,” Langford said. The cause of what the statement called a “inflight mishap” is under investigation.Ī spokesman for the Navy’s 7th Fleet in Japan, Lt. The other three sailors were treated on the carrier and have been released. Three required evacuation to a medical facility in Manila, Philippines, where they are in stable condition, according to Pacific Fleet. Six others were injured on the deck of the carrier. They safely ejected and were recovered by a military helicopter, Pacific Fleet said. The pilot was conducting routine flight operations when the crash happened. The pilot of a US F-35 jet ejected as his jet crashed on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier in the South China Sea, injuring seven, the US Pacific Fleet said in a statement Monday. ![]()
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