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 F-35 Fighter Jet Crashes at Eglin Air Force Base Days After F-22 Crash
Ewan Palmer


A fighter jet has crashed while landing at a base in Florida, with the pilot successfully able to eject. The F-35A Lightning II, assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron, crashed around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday evening while landing at Eglin Air Force Base.


According to a series of tweets from Eglin AFB's official Twitter account, the pilot successfully ejected from the aircraft and was transported to the 96th Medical Group for evaluation and monitoring. The pilot is a stable condition, and is not being identified at this time.

"At the time of the accident, the pilot was participating in a routine night training sortie," the Eglin AFB said. "First responders from the 96th Test Wing are on the scene and the site is secured."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/f-35-fighter-jet-crashes-at-eglin-air-force-base-days-after-f-22-crash/ar-BB14lFfU

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F-35 Fighter Jet Crashes at Eglin Air Force Base Days After F-22 Crash
Ewan Palmer


A fighter jet has crashed while landing at a base in Florida, with the pilot successfully able to eject. The F-35A Lightning II, assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron, crashed around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday evening while landing at Eglin Air Force Base.


According to a series of tweets from Eglin AFB's official Twitter account, the pilot successfully ejected from the aircraft and was transported to the 96th Medical Group for evaluation and monitoring. The pilot is a stable condition, and is not being identified at this time.

"At the time of the accident, the pilot was participating in a routine night training sortie," the Eglin AFB said. "First responders from the 96th Test Wing are on the scene and the site is secured."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/f-35-fighter-jet-crashes-at-eglin-air-force-base-days-after-f-22-crash/ar-BB14lFfU
Night training....  must have been some type of instrument failure.  I remember years ago a B-1 flying into a higher terrain.  Their instruments failed to pick it up....