Japanese F-35 Crash

[AWP]

It looks like the pilot didn't make it out. The wreckage was found preventing (hopefully) other nations from recovering some of the tech. Japanese F-35's are grounded, no word on the American fleet as yet.

Japanese F-35A Has Gone Missing Over The Pacific Ocean (Updated)

Blue skies.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

Very sad to read this. It comes just weeks after they stood down their fleet of F-4's.

You Have To Watch This Crazy Cool Video Of The Last JASDF F-4EJ “OJIRO” Phantoms Of The 302nd Squadron

 

[DA SWO]

It looks like the pilot didn't make it out. The wreckage was found preventing (hopefully) other nations from recovering some of the tech. Japanese F-35's are grounded, no word on the American fleet as yet.

Japanese F-35A Has Gone Missing Over The Pacific Ocean (Updated)

Blue skies.

Japanese assembled F-35, IIRC this particular plane is the first one assembled in Japan.

 

[Gunz]

RIP and Blue Skies to the F35 pilot.

Very sad to read this. It comes just weeks after they stood down their fleet of F-4's.

You Have To Watch This Crazy Cool Video Of The Last JASDF F-4EJ “OJIRO” Phantoms Of The 302nd Squadron

And thanks @Ooh-Rah ... I freakin love F4s.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

And thanks @Ooh-Rah ... I freakin love F4s.

For sure. I grew up near an airbase in the 80’s and those suckers would fly over our house all summer!

 

[CQB]

JSF, what a dodgy piece of shite.

 

[Blizzard]

Very sad to read this. It comes just weeks after they stood down their fleet of F-4's.

You Have To Watch This Crazy Cool Video Of The Last JASDF F-4EJ “OJIRO” Phantoms Of The 302nd Squadron

The operating cost for those F-4s today must've been outrageous.

 

[DA SWO]

JSF, what a dodgy piece of shite.

Why?

 

[CQB]

There’s more than enough open source info out there to answer that. It would need a seperate thread.