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Pilot safe after F-35C crashes near a central California Naval installation
KINGS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 30 – The $100 million F-35C, part of a training squadron, crashed causing a 10-acre fire; pilot ejected safely with no injuries, Navy investigation ongoing.
- A US Navy F-35C crashed in California, causing a ten-acre fire, as reported at 6:40 p.m.
- The pilot ejected safely and is reported to be unharmed, according to a statement from authorities.
- The crash is currently under investigation, as noted in the official statement.
- This incident marks the second crash of an F-35 this year, with the aircraft valued at around $100 million.
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Navy Pilot Safe After Fighter Jet Crashes in Central California
A pilot safely ejected from an F-35C fighter jet before it crashed in Central California on July 30, according to the U.S. Navy. “We can confirm the pilot successfully ejected and is safe,” the Naval Air Station at Lemoore posted on Facebook. No other military personnel were affected by the accident, according to the Navy. The fighter jet attached to the VFA-125 Rough Raiders crashed and burst into flames in a cotton field in an agricultural are…
Pilot safe after F-35C crashes near California Navy installation
LEMOORE, Calif. — 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 nort…
US Navy F-35C Crashes In California Field, Pilot Ejects Safely
What happens when one of the world’s most advanced fighter jets falls from the sky? That’s exactly what unfolded near Naval Air Station Lemoore on Wednesday evening.An F-35C—yes, the $100 million stealth jet built for aircraft carriers—crashed in open farmland around 6:30 p.m. The pilot ejected safely, thankfully. Fire crews rushed in as black smoke rose near Fresno, video from KFSN showed. The jet belonged to VF-125, the “Rough Raiders,” a squa…
With a fiery disaster in a California field, the F-35 stealth fighter suffers another major crash
A US Navy F-35C fighter jet crashed in California on Wednesday.US Navy photo by Eric Parsons/ReleasedA US Navy F-35C stealth fighter jet crashed in California on Wednesday.The aircraft "went down" not far from Naval Air Station Lemoore, the base said.It marks the latest crash for America's top stealth fighter aircraft.A US Navy F-35 fighter jet crashed in California on Thursday, marking another accident for the stealth fighter jet, the second th…
F-35C Stealth Fighter Crash: Everything We Know Right Now
F-35C Crash in California, What We Know: Late Wednesday afternoon, a Navy F-35C crashed in California, close to NAS Lemoore, which is the home of the Navy’s West Coast F-35Cs and F/A-18E/F aircraft. F-35C Crash: What We Know as of 7/31/2025 1 PM EST Details are sketchy as the investigation into the crash is in its very early stages. The Navy confirmed the crash and local emergency vehicles rushed to the scene and tried to extinguish the fires a…
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