An F-35 warrior aircraft crashed early on Tuesday afternoon at Fairbanks Air Force Base, according to an established it.
The captain was not injured in the crash, which occurred around 1 p. m., according to Airman 1st Class Spencer Hanson. He claimed there were no more information than an ongoing disaster response.
Within an hour of the collision, according to Hanson, no further injuries had been reported.
” They cordoned off the area where it crashed on the runway”, he said. He claimed that there were evacuation services in the area, including vehicles and fire trucks.
There are 54 of the fighter planes stationed at Eielson, which is located about 25 miles east of Fairbanks. The next two , arrived at the center in 2022.
Two regiments of F-22 Bird fighter planes are also stationed with the 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage.
The F-35A is the U. S. Air Force’s “latest fifth-generation warrior” that replaced an aging fleet of F-16 Fighting Falcons and A-10 Thunderbolt II’s, according to an , Eielson point plate.
The F-35s are long-range, stealthy fighter jets with cunning capabilities that can travel anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere in one goal.
According to a preliminary agreement reached in December by the U.S. Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin, the average cost of one new F-35 was set at approximately$ 81 million.
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