{"id":6461,"date":"2020-05-20T17:06:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T14:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/?p=6461"},"modified":"2023-07-11T10:31:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T07:31:43","slug":"us-air-force-f-35-fighter-crashes-in-florida-pilot-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/us-air-force-f-35-fighter-crashes-in-florida-pilot-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force F-35 fighter crashes in Florida, pilot safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>F-35 crashes at Eglin AFB. This is the second crash in five days after F-22 Raptor crash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A U.S. Air Force F-35A crashed during a routine night-training exercise near Eglin Air Force Base in Florida on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot was ejected safely and is in stable condition, the military said. The F-35A Lightning II was assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation into that mishap has been launched.\u00a0The aircraft &#8220;was participating in a routine night training sortie,&#8221; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/2192743\/f-35-crashes-at-eglin-afb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #a80000;\">statement<\/span><\/a>, which added that &#8220;there was no loss of life or damage to civilian property.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS RELEASE: An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 58th Fighter Sq crashed upon landing around 9:30 p.m. today <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamEglin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TeamEglin<\/a>. The pilot successfully ejected and was transported to the 96th Medical Group for evaluation and monitoring. The pilot is in stable condition. Cont.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eglin Air Force Base (@TeamEglin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamEglin\/status\/1262963602463604738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is the <span style=\"color: #a80000;\"><a style=\"color: #a80000;\" href=\"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/us-air-force-f-22-raptor-stealth-fighter-crashes\/\">second time<\/a><\/span> in a week that a fifth-generation fighter jet has crashed at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. On May 15, an F-22 Raptor from Eglin crashed on the base\u2019s test and training range.<\/p>\n<p>The F-35A, the most common version of three different variants, is estimated to cost around $90 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>F-35 crashes at Eglin AFB. 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