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Associated Press
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- Associated Press
Pilot safe after F-35C crashes near a central California Naval installation
LEMOORE, Calif. (AP) — A pilot was safe after an F-35C fighter jet crashed near a central California naval installation on Wednesday, officials said. Authorities received a report that a military jet had crashed and was engulfed in flames around 6:40 p.m., the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said in a social media post. Responding deputies, firefighters, California Highway Patrol officers and EMS personnel found the wreckage in a cotton field just north of Lemoore Naval Air Station. The pilot, who had ejected, was found with a parachute in a nearby field, the sheriff's office said. He was flown to a hospital for evaluation and was expected to be OK. Firefighters used a bulldozer to cut a path to the jet so fire engines could get close enough to extinguish the fire, the sheriff's office said. Naval Air Station Lemoore confirmed that the F-35C attached to the VFA-125 Rough Raiders went down near the installation. The pilot was safe after successfully ejecting and no other personnel were affected, the installation said in a statement posted on social media.
Washington Post
8 hours ago
- Washington Post
Day 2 of federal investigation into fatal midair crash of Army chopper, commercial plane opens
The National Transportation Safety Board enters a second day of public hearings Thursday on the January midair collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger plane that killed all 67 people aboard the aircrafts. On the first day, investigators highlighted a number of factors that may have contributed to the crash and the warnings about helicopter traffic that FAA received years before the tragedy over the Potomac River.
CBS News
8 hours ago
- CBS News
Pilot ejects safely as F-35 jet crashes near naval air station in California
A pilot safely ejected before a jet crashed near a naval air station in California's Fresno County, officials confirmed Wednesday night. Naval Air Station Lemoore, located about 37 miles south of the city of Fresno, confirmed that an F-35 jet went down around 6:30 p.m. in a field near West Cadillac and South Dickinson avenues. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. No other personnel were affected, NAS Lemoore said. The crash also sparked a small grass fire that burned nearly a dozen acres, Cal Fire reported. NAS Lemoore said the F-35 was attached to the VFA-125 when it went down. The VFA-125, also known as "Rough Raiders," is a Navy squadron that trains pilots to fly F-35s.
