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[Greg Hyde]

Race to salvage US F-35C fighter jet that crashed in hostile South China Sea

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/28/f-35c-crash-leaves-us-fighter-jet-sunken-in-hostile-south-china-sea

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10452583/New-image-shows-F-35-stealth-fighter-jet-crashing-South-China-Sea.html

Same thing happened YEARS AGO when an early Tomcat was lost off a carrier

[Brian Wilkes]

These things are going down like flies!

[Bob C]

No, they're not Brian !

Only 5 or 6 have been lost so far of 400+ built and the loss rate per 10,000 flying hours is on a par or better than other types. Several losses have occurred due to obvious pilot or ground crew error.

As an aside, the RAAF's F/A-18 loss rate per 10,000 flying hours was about 11 TIMES BETTER than the Mirages it replaced.

[Brian Wilkes]

http://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/slqklp/leaked_video_not_mine_of_the_f35_crash_on_the/?utm_term=1729564621&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_source=embed&utm_name=&utm_content=header