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Fortunately, no casualties!
1 posted on 10/05/2020 1:30:45 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: The_Media_never_lie

I wonder if the advanced, sophisticated situational awareness features of the F-35 may have led to complacency on the part of the pilot.


2 posted on 10/05/2020 1:33:36 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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Fortunately, no casualties!

Not counting at least one career.

3 posted on 10/05/2020 1:33:52 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)
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No more details than we had last week. I'm not sure what the "more details" were supposed to be.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3889104/posts

5 posted on 10/05/2020 1:37:57 PM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Hand-waving, smoke-in-your-eyes announcement/release...
The bureaucrats in the bowels of the Pentagon are busy busy busy...
8 posted on 10/05/2020 1:53:43 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

It was bad enough throwing away single engine F-16s at 26million+ apiece. Can’t afford to lose these as quickly ads the F-16s went down.

F-35. Another single engine masterpiece.


10 posted on 10/05/2020 1:59:25 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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The air corps equivalent of hitting a gas station bollard.


14 posted on 10/05/2020 2:04:39 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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I’m truly glad the pilot is ok. That said, let us not forget that approximately 125 million bucks just exploded into a million pieces. That somebody screwed up is obvious. But, I’m sure they will get a letter put in their file.


16 posted on 10/05/2020 2:15:38 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: The_Media_never_lie

According to Wiki, the F-35B runs a cool $101.3 million.


18 posted on 10/05/2020 2:19:20 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts.)
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Damn, never even heard about this accident.


19 posted on 10/05/2020 2:20:46 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Video of the F-35 impact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Hv6rlYpcM&ab_channel=SleuthMedia


20 posted on 10/05/2020 2:21:37 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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Thanks. Whew! I don’t know if my friends son is still piloting them but...

The F-35B pilot safely ejected

Whew!


23 posted on 10/05/2020 2:32:20 PM PDT by PGalt
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It’s ok, the Marine Corps is more interested in coed training locations than war fighting. They lagged behind in political correctness for a long time but now have it as their top priority. Disgusting.


36 posted on 10/05/2020 4:07:54 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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Wonder why the C-130 landed gear up?


50 posted on 10/06/2020 5:38:24 AM PDT by ops33 (SMSgt, USAF, Retired)
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