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F-35 fighter jet crashes at Eielson Air Force Base (www.alaskasnewssource.com)
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[–] ViVerVo@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Footage of the crash: https://twstalker.com/WarMonitors/status/1884427724623626528

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 2 months ago

I love how AP referred to it as having suffered 'significant damage', that's one way to say it exploded on impact https://apnews.com/article/f35-air-force-jet-crashes-alaska-b85f19849361ddb3882cdc551f5d0f1d

[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

amerikkka-clap

[–] Mzuark@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We really need to inspect our equipment better

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 months ago

I'm sure they'll expect the pieces they can find very carefully.

[–] supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 months ago

Every f35 losing its wings means a brown child keeps his limbs.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 months ago

good riddance

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 months ago

Thanks for posting this. I needed a reminder to be thankful for the little things and this is one of those little things.

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 months ago

crab-dance

[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 months ago

Based F35

[–] Jefferu_Nintendomoto@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Oh my God the military is just having a week of it.

[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago