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Deccan Herald
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Deccan Herald
British F35 in India: From fake OLX listing to meme Aadhar card, all you need to know about the fighter jet stranded in Kerala
♦️BREAKING: Indians List F-35 Fighter Jet on OLX for Sale♦️ In a hilarious twist, Indians have jokingly put up an F-35 fighter jet for sale on OLX. While obviously fake, the post went viral highlighting Indian netizens' unbeatable humor. From negotiating over parking space to… — BharatPaksh (@PakshForBharat) June 20, 2025 Kerala, the destination you'll never want to leave. Thank you, The Fauxy. #F35 #Trivandrum #KeralaTourism — Kerala Tourism (@KeralaTourism) July 2, 2025 😁🤣🤣 — sreenadh ST (@sreenadhST) July 2, 2025 Finally iska aadhar bhi ban gaya . Videshi se direct swadeshi 😂 — SKB (@sanatana_simha) July 3, 2025
India Today
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- India Today
Stranded in Kerala, UK's F-35 fighter jet now has an 'Aadhaar Card'. See new memes
The British Royal Navy's F-35 fighter jet, which has been stranded at Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram International Airport for around 20 days, is likely to be airlifted back to the United Kingdom - but not before becoming a full-blown meme icon complete with its own 'Aadhaar card'.While F-35 memes and jokes have been doing the rounds on the internet ever since June 14, a fresh wave of internet humour has surfaced as news of its return plans Bollywood punchlines to dubbed dialogue edits and funny videos, the F-35 has become social media's favourite 'tourist' overstaying its welcome. One viral post imagining the F-35 as an Indian citizen, with a digitally-generated Aadhaar card that includes its photo, has won the internet. 'If that F-35 plane was parked in Gurgaon for this long, someone would have opened a restaurant inside it,' is another popular opinion. Take a look at some more F-35 memes and jokes here: Let's laugh the video of F35 Wahida (@RealWahidaAFG) July 3, 2025Current situation of the F-35 at Trivandrum Airport. Defence Core (@Defencecore) June 27, 2025Day 17 of UK F-35 in India News IADN (@NewsIADN) June 30, 2025F35 pilots connecting with the ATC#F35B Stranger (@amarDgreat) June 30, 2025, F35 (@0__Shunya__0) July 1, 2025 Earlier this week, Kerala Tourism also joined the F-35 meme fest with this the destination you'll never want to you, The Fauxy.#F35 #Trivandrum #KeralaTourism Kerala Tourism (@KeralaTourism) July 2, 2025The F-35B, part of the HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group, was conducting operations 100 nautical miles off the coast of Kerala when adverse weather and low fuel forced an emergency diversion to Thiruvananthapuram. The Indian Air Force facilitated the safe landing and provided refuelling and logistical several failed attempts to get the fighter jet airworthy, the British Royal Navy's F-35 is now likely to be flown back to the United Kingdom aboard a heavy-lift cargo aircraft after being partially dismantled. A 40-member team from the UK - including technical specialists and a tow vehicle - is expected to arrive in Thiruvananthapuram on July 5 to carry out the recovery operation.- EndsMust Watch
The Age
12 hours ago
- Business
- The Age
Crisafulli's bid to bring Trump – and the Quad
'Based on where things are at the moment geopolitically, who those partners are, where it will be, the fact that we're about to become an Olympic city, the journey point where we are as a state, I think we can own it,' he said. 'The defence lens and the defence opportunities that come with that, and the investment opportunities, it would be a really big win for us and it's something I'm really pinning our hopes on. 'I'm going to keep fighting pretty hard for it.' Crisafulli said he would lead his first overseas delegation as premier within the next month to both India and Japan, during which Quad hosting rights would be 'top of the agenda'. Comment was sought from both Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong. While the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) celebrated July 4 inside the Brisbane Sofitel ballroom, a small band of protesters outside demonstrated against Australia's military cooperation with Trump's United States, including through AUKUS, and the ongoing war in Gaza. Annette Brownlie, the chair of Independent and Peaceful Australia, said. 'We're very concerned about what sort of deals our premier might be doing with the American Chamber of Commerce,' she said. 'We don't know what sort of contracts, etc, they will sign. We are deeply enmeshed in the American military industry – the F35 fighter jets, parts of those fighter jets are made here in Brisbane. Loading 'It implicates us and makes us complicit for the genocide that's happening in Gaza and in Palestine.' Ferra Engineering, based at Tingalpa in Brisbane's east, manufactures components for the US's F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and Crisafulli appeared to single it out while on stage. 'That's one company employing 100 people doing one small element in the backblocks of Queensland,' he said. 'Now that's a massive opportunity, and what we can do is make sure that we allow the private sector to do their job and invest in those partnerships that get people to look here [for investment].'
Sydney Morning Herald
12 hours ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Crisafulli's bid to bring Trump – and the Quad
'Based on where things are at the moment geopolitically, who those partners are, where it will be, the fact that we're about to become an Olympic city, the journey point where we are as a state, I think we can own it,' he said. 'The defence lens and the defence opportunities that come with that, and the investment opportunities, it would be a really big win for us and it's something I'm really pinning our hopes on. 'I'm going to keep fighting pretty hard for it.' Crisafulli said he would lead his first overseas delegation as premier within the next month to both India and Japan, during which Quad hosting rights would be 'top of the agenda'. Comment was sought from both Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong. While the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) celebrated July 4 inside the Brisbane Sofitel ballroom, a small band of protesters outside demonstrated against Australia's military cooperation with Trump's United States, including through AUKUS, and the ongoing war in Gaza. Annette Brownlie, the chair of Independent and Peaceful Australia, said. 'We're very concerned about what sort of deals our premier might be doing with the American Chamber of Commerce,' she said. 'We don't know what sort of contracts, etc, they will sign. We are deeply enmeshed in the American military industry – the F35 fighter jets, parts of those fighter jets are made here in Brisbane. Loading 'It implicates us and makes us complicit for the genocide that's happening in Gaza and in Palestine.' Ferra Engineering, based at Tingalpa in Brisbane's east, manufactures components for the US's F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and Crisafulli appeared to single it out while on stage. 'That's one company employing 100 people doing one small element in the backblocks of Queensland,' he said. 'Now that's a massive opportunity, and what we can do is make sure that we allow the private sector to do their job and invest in those partnerships that get people to look here [for investment].'
India Today
14 hours ago
- India Today
How British F-35 fighter jet might be dismantled, parcelled to UK from Kerala
"Don't fix something that ain't broken," goes an old saying. But at times one needs to break down things to fix them. And that's exactly the case with the British Royal Navy's F-35B stealth jet, grounded at Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram International Airport since June 14. The fighter jet might have to be partially dismantled and airlifted back to the United Kingdom in a military cargo aircraft, said sources. But fighter jets aren't your usual DIY Ikea stuff. So how are fighter jets like the F-35 dismantled and transported?advertisementThe question has popped up because the British F-35B, a fifth-generation stealth jet that made an emergency landing, remains stranded in Kerala despite multiple attempts to repair it on-site. Its technical malfunction remains jet sat exposed to Kerala's monsoon and under CISF guard, with the British navy first refusing Air India's hangar offer. Eventually, it was moved indoors. Sources familiar with the matter confirmed that efforts to restore the aircraft's flight readiness have so far been no clear timeline for recovery, British officials are now working on alternative plans to retrieve the jet. Partial dismantling has emerged as the most viable option to facilitate its return by military incident of a fourth-generation fighter jet remaining stranded for an extended period of time drew global attention, and sparked cheeky social media memes. Kerala Tourism also joined in, posting on X, "Kerala, the destination you'll never want to leave. #F35 #Trivandrum #KeralaTourism."Here's how the F-35B jet might be WILL THE F-35 BE DISMANTLED AND TRANSPORTED?"What we understand now is that the UK plans to fly the F-35B out using a transport aircraft," said defence expert Sandeep elaborated on how the jet could actually be dismantled."The aircraft of choice to transport the F-35B is likely to be the C-17 Globemaster III. The Globemaster is the standard heavy-lift cargo aircraft used by the UK, the US, and the Indian Air Force. It can carry around 77 tonnes and almost two F-35s in its cargo hold. But that's not where the problem lies. The F-35 is about 14 metres long, with a wingspan of around 11 metres," Unnithan told India Today dismantling the wings might be necessary."The C-17's cargo hold is 26 metres long, but its width is just 4 metres, which means an F-35 cannot be loaded unless the wings are detached. This is likely to happen in the next couple of days. Technicians on the ground will detach the wings and convert the jet into a compact unit that can be rolled into the C-17's cargo hold for transport," he this won't be an easy not as simple as it sounds. Detaching the wings of this highly advanced fifth-generation stealth aircraft is a very complex procedure. But it seems there's no other choice," he WAS AN F-35 FIGHTER JET DISMANTLED BEFORE?If the F-35 fighter jet, that is in love with Kerala, is dismantled and transported, it won't be the first time such an option would have been resorted to. The F-35 has undergone wing removal and shipment by air first documented case occurred in May 2019, when the US Air Force removed the wings of an F-35A at Eglin Air Force Base and transported it via a C-17 Globemaster III to Hill Air Force Base in was done to repurpose the aircraft as a battle-damage repair trainer. It marked the first time an F-35 had ever been disassembled in this way for air transport.A more recent example took place in South Korea in 2025.A Republic of Korea Air Force F-35A, which suffered a belly landing in 2022, had its wings removed so it could be moved safely by road from Seosan to Cheongju Air aircraft was salvaged and converted into a maintenance training platform rather than being when experts talk about dismantling the F-35B for it to be transported by a cargo plane, what they refer to is the removal of its wings so that it can fit in the belly of another aircraft.- Ends
