F-35 crashed into the carrier Carl Vinson’s deck, fell into the South China Sea

Re:F-35 crashed into the carrier Carl Vinson’s deck, fell in... by mrlonglong on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:01PM (#30080338)

That's interesting, the UK Navy lost one of their F35s in the Mediterranean a few months back. Maybe there is an issue with these aircraft that they need to resolve quickly?

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Re:F-35 crashed into the carrier Carl Vinson’s deck, fell in... by hindsightbias on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:26PM (#30080502)

Back in the day (idk about now), the CAG (Commander, Air Wing), wasn’t working them hard enough if a least one a/c wasn’t lost during a deployment.

As F-35s roll out to the fleet more, expect more.

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Re:F-35 crashed into the carrier Carl Vinson’s deck, fell in... by mycall on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @09:54PM (#30081093)

Let Top Gun do the tuning?

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Re:F-35 crashed into the carrier Carl Vinson’s deck, fell in... by bathyspheric on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:03PM (#30081549)

I think that plane was lost soon after takeoff because a raincover was left on an engine. Perhaps this incident was something related to landing heavily, unless the pilot made a very quick go-around.

https://theaviationist.com/2021/11/24/f-35b-crash-cover-poss...

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