In response to the primary stories, the pilot is secure after ejecting from a USMC F-35B.
An F-35B Lighting II jet belonging to Marine Fighter Assault Coaching Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501) with the 2nd Marine Plane Wing based mostly at MCAS (Marine Corps Air Station) Beaufort, South Carolina, has crashed on Sunday Sept. 18, 2023.
The pilot ejected safely from the STOVL (Brief Take Off Vertical Touchdown) variant of the Joint Strike Fighter and taken to a hospital where they are in stable condition.
In a submit on X, Joint Base Charleston says they’re responding to a ‘mishap’ involving a pilot being ejected from a aircraft on Sunday. Apparently, it seems to be just like the plane has not but been positioned, regardless of the pilot being recovered.
We’re working with @MCASBeaufortSC to find an F-35 that was concerned in a mishap this afternoon. The pilot ejected safely. When you have any data that will assist our restoration groups find the F-35, please name the Base Protection Operations Heart at 843-963-3600.
— Joint Base Charleston (@TeamCharleston) September 17, 2023
On Sept. 28, 2018, one other U.S. Marine F-35B Lightning II of the Marine Fighter Assault Coaching Squadron 501 (VMFAT-501), the “Warlords”, the coaching squadron geared up with the STOVL plane and serving because the Fleet Substitute Squadron, crashed close to Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station outdoors of Beaufort, South Carolina on the U.S. East Coast. The pilot ejected safely. That was the first ever F-35 crash.
It is a growing story, we’ll replace the article as extra particulars emerge.
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