F-35 crashes in Alaska

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8:49p, 1/28/25
The pilot was able to eject I believe. This is the second F-35 within the last year or so that had mishaps, correct?

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In reply to will25u • 8:50p, 1/28/25
will25u said:
The pilot was able to eject I believe. This is the second F-35 within the last year or so that had mishaps, correct?




Shhh. Hadn't watch till the end thought the pilot went in.

Glad they made it out
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8:52p, 1/28/25
Glad the pilot ejected safely, but there's a quick $135,000,000 down the drain....
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8:52p, 1/28/25

That looked like complete power shut down. Glad he realized it soon enough as seems was low in altitude to start with.
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8:53p, 1/28/25
This says the pilot was safe. And check out the headline, "jet suffers significant damage". You think?
https://apnews.com/article/f35-air-force-jet-crashes-alaska-b85f19849361ddb3882cdc551f5d0f1d
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8:54p, 1/28/25
Thing was fluttering like a leaf. Wonder how it got completely out of control
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In reply to zephyr88 • 8:54p, 1/28/25
zephyr88 said:
Glad the pilot ejected safely, but there's a quick $135,000,000 down the drain....


82.5 million today for new F-35A's
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In reply to zephyr88 • 8:54p, 1/28/25
zephyr88 said:
Glad the pilot ejected safely, but there's a quick $135,000,000 down the drain....


Current unit cost for the F-35A is only like $85 million.
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In reply to Twisted Helix • 8:55p, 1/28/25
It'll buff out
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In reply to ABATTBQ11 • 8:56p, 1/28/25
ABATTBQ11 said:
zephyr88 said:
Glad the pilot ejected safely, but there's a quick $135,000,000 down the drain....


Current unit cost for the F-35A is only like $85 million.
Yeah, I think only the F-35 B is around 125 million.
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In reply to zephyr88 • 8:56p, 1/28/25
zephyr88 said:
Glad the pilot ejected safely, but there's a quick $135,000,000 down the drain....


We saved most of that by not shipping condoms to Gaza today.
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8:57p, 1/28/25
Great news pilot is ok.

Would love to know why it crashed.
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In reply to AgBQ-00 • 9:01p, 1/28/25
AgBQ-00 said:
Thing was fluttering like a leaf. Wonder how it got completely out of control

I agree, That wasn't 'the engine quit'. That thing wasn't flying. It was a brick. I don't think it was the VSTOL version, so it didn't fall out of a hover.

How in the heck did it crash with zero forward momentum?
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In reply to suburban cowboy • 9:03p, 1/28/25
suburban cowboy said:
Great news pilot is ok.

Would love to know why it crashed.
I just want to know if the pilot conducted a proper parachute landing fall (PLF).
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9:06p, 1/28/25
Straight down almost? Flat spin / lose of control in VTOL practice or some other low air speed maneuvering. Is that a B variant? Sad to see the aircraft destroyed but glad they made it out.


Edit: Not a B apparently so they had to of stalled or malfunction at slow speed that became a stall.

Pure speculation, obviously.
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In reply to ABATTBQ11 • 9:07p, 1/28/25
ABATTBQ11 said:
zephyr88 said:
Glad the pilot ejected safely, but there's a quick $135,000,000 down the drain....


Current unit cost for the F-35A is only like $85 million.


That's all???
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9:11p, 1/28/25
Going up to high key for a simulated engine out approach, and accidentally shut the engine down?

If it were easy, anybody could do it.
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9:14p, 1/28/25
If I had to guess, he did an aggressive climb from takeoff and lost his engine. That's the only way I can think that a A model would crash like that near the runway.
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In reply to VarkAg77 • 9:15p, 1/28/25
VarkAg77 said:
Going up to high key for a simulated engine out approach, and accidentally shut the engine down?



Could be. Gear was extended.

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In reply to CanyonAg77 • 9:18p, 1/28/25
CanyonAg77 said:
AgBQ-00 said:
Thing was fluttering like a leaf. Wonder how it got completely out of control

I agree, That wasn't 'the engine quit'. That thing wasn't flying. It was a brick. I don't think it was the VSTOL version, so it didn't fall out of a hover.

How in the heck did it crash with zero forward momentum?


Apparently it suffered some kind of issue while the pilot was trying to land. Maybe tried to pull up and do a go some and just lost everything.
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In reply to suburban cowboy • 9:19p, 1/28/25
suburban cowboy said:
Great news pilot is ok.

Would love to know why it crashed.

Same reason for all plane crashes. They hit the ground.
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In reply to FriscoKid • 9:23p, 1/28/25
FriscoKid said:
suburban cowboy said:
Great news pilot is ok.

Would love to know why it crashed.

Same reason for all plane crashes. They hit the ground.
Or the ground rushes up at you . Which also sometimes happens in crashes.
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In reply to Dr. Mephisto • 9:28p, 1/28/25
Dr. Mephisto said:
ABATTBQ11 said:
zephyr88 said:
Glad the pilot ejected safely, but there's a quick $135,000,000 down the drain....


Current unit cost for the F-35A is only like $85 million.


That's all???


Yeah. Sounds like a lot, but in the grand scheme of things it's not. A new F-15EX is about $90 million. A new F15E circa 2000 was about $31 million, which is about $60 million today. The F-35 is infinitely more capable in terms of stealth and battlefield networking, so well worth the price difference, especially considering the cost of the EX and its modern upgrades.
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9:29p, 1/28/25
Is it just me or did the military aviation crashes increase under Biden? I get this one occurred under Trump on day 8, but you get want I am saying. Does anyone have any insight?
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In reply to Phog06 • 9:30p, 1/28/25
It's just you
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In reply to Phog06 • 9:34p, 1/28/25
Phog06 said:
Is it just me or did the military aviation crashes increase under Biden? I get this one occurred under Trump on day 8, but you get want I am saying. Does anyone have any insight?


It's not an exhaustive list of all aircraft, but there were 3 US F-35 crashes under Trump and 4 under Biden. Not really a huge difference.
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In reply to Phog06 • 9:36p, 1/28/25
Phog06 said:
Is it just me or did the military aviation crashes increase under Biden? I get this one occurred under Trump on day 8, but you get want I am saying. Does anyone have any insight?

Big difference between a train wreck and a plane crash.
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9:41p, 1/28/25
Longer video of the plane falling from the sky.

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In reply to will25u • 9:43p, 1/28/25
I've heard the term "give it back to the taxpayers" as a synonym for ejecting.

Pretty damn spectacular return to the taxpayers there.
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In reply to Dr. Mephisto • 9:57p, 1/28/25
Dr. Mephisto said:
ABATTBQ11 said:
zephyr88 said:
Glad the pilot ejected safely, but there's a quick $135,000,000 down the drain....


Current unit cost for the F-35A is only like $85 million.


That's all???


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9:57p, 1/28/25
Sounds like the engine was still running up until impact.
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In reply to VarkAg77 • 10:06p, 1/28/25
Could still hear the engine making thrust in the video. I thought the flight computer systems prevented stalls?
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In reply to will25u • 10:09p, 1/28/25
will25u said:
Longer video of the plane falling from the sky.

How the hell was the ejected pilot so far below the plane?
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In reply to Sticks&Stones • 10:11p, 1/28/25
Sticks&Stones said:
will25u said:
Longer video of the plane falling from the sky.

How the hell was the ejected pilot so far below the plane?


Very strange
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10:11p, 1/28/25
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