31-07-2025
F-35C fighter crashes near US Navy's largest air station in California, pilot ejects
A F-35C Lightning II stealth fighter of the United States Navy crashed on Wednesday (July 30) in a field near the Naval Air Station Lemoore in Kings County, California. The fighter crashed at around 6:40 PM local time in a field near Cadillac and Dickinson Avenue in Fresno County, reported FOX and CW Television affiliate KMPH.
The plane plunged and was engulfed in flames while trying to make an emergency landing.
Rescue teams, police and fire department rushed to the crash site as the combat aircraft plunged to the earth. KMPH added that eyewitnesses saw a parachute opening up as the F-35 fell, indicating that pilot ejected safely.
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An official statement from Naval Air Station Lemoore is expected shortly.
Commissioned in July 1961, the air base is US Navy's largest Master Jet Base. The base is home to over half of Navy's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters. It has the honor of being the only naval air base which to house the F-35C Lightning II, a variant of America's most advanced stealth fighter.
