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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on April 19, 2019, 12:21:45 pm
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Japan's F-35As had 7 emergency landings before crash
By
Danielle Haynes
April 17 (UPI) -- In the months before Japan's first F-35A stealth fighter jets crashed in the Pacific Ocean, the country's air force made seven emergency landings of the aircraft, Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said.
The Japanese air force began using its fleet of 13 F-35As in January, and on April 9, the first plane off Mitsubishi's assembly line crashed off northern Japan.
https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2019/04/17/Japans-F-35As-had-7-emergency-landings-before-crash/6211555517312/ (https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2019/04/17/Japans-F-35As-had-7-emergency-landings-before-crash/6211555517312/)