A U.S. pilot ejected from a fighter jet after a bizarre slow-moving crash in Texas, video shows. The aircraft, an F-35B, descended from a hover at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth before it crashed nose-first and entered a spin.
A U.S. pilot ejected from a fighter jet after a bizarre slow-moving crash at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth on Dec. 15. It is unclear whether the pilot was injured in the crash. Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, said the jet is owned by Lockheed Martin but flown by a “U.S. government pilot,” without specifying whether they were military or civilian personnel.
The F-35B is the Marine Corps variant of the advanced fighter jet capable of short takeoff and vertical landing. That capability helps aircraft fly in and out of places where space is limited, such as assault ships. Candateshia Pafford, a spokesperson for the naval air station, said Lockheed is a tenant there and shares a runway. The company builds the jet in a neighboring facility,
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