Bird strike causes more than $2 million in damages to Japan-based Marine Corps F-35B
By: Shawn Snow  
Birds can be a hazard for civilian and military aircraft, causing millions in damages every year.
On Tuesday an F-35B with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, out of Iwakuni, Japan, was forced to abort a take-off because of a bird strike, according to Major Eric Flanagan, a spokesman for 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.
The aircraft “safely taxied off the runway,†but initial assessments indicated the high-tech stealth fighter suffered more than $2 million in damages, making it a Class A mishap, Flanagan told Marine Corps Times in an emailed statement.
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