F-35 fighter jet crashes in South Carolina, pilot ejects ~ AJJ News

Sunday 30 September 2018

F-35 fighter jet crashes in South Carolina, pilot ejects

September 30, 2018

The pilot, the only person aboard the craft, ejected safely and was being checked for injuries, said a Pentagon spokesman, adding that there were no other injuries. It was a Lockheed Martin F-35B, a short take-off/vertical landing version of the F-35, said a U.S. military official, speaking on condition of anonymity. It was the first crash of an F-35 fighter jet since they became operational in 2006, said another military official, also speaking on the condition of anonymity.