F-35A MAGA! Congratulation! Open Beers! Japs ASDF F-35 vanished 1000% STEALTH~! Search & Rescue to find wreckage! RSAF pse order more expensive JUNKS!

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

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F-35 fighter jet of Japan Air Self-Defense Force disappears from radar in drill
Source: Xinhua| 2019-04-09 20:09:47|Editor: xuxin



TOKYO, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Defense Ministry officials said one of the F-35 fighter jets of the Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) disappeared from radar in northern Japan at about 7:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, according to NHK.
The ASDF officials are currently searching for the fighter jet after it lost contact in a drill.


https://mil.news.sina.com.cn/2019-04-09/doc-ihvhiewr4452834.shtml

日本F-35A战斗机从雷达中消失 正进行紧急调查搜索

2019年04月09日 19:47 环球网



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[环球网报道 记者 崔天也]日本广播公司（NHK）最新消息称，日本航空自卫队表示，当地时间9日下午7时27分左右，在位于青森县三泽市东北方向约135公里处的海上，一架隶属于航空自卫队三泽基地的最新型F-35战斗机从雷达中消失。
报道称，机中仅有1名飞行员。在飞机从雷达中消失30分钟前，下午7时左右，该飞行员驾驶战斗机从三泽基地起飞。
目前，航空自卫队正在对具体情况进行紧急调查。海上自卫队的巡逻机及护卫舰等也正出发进行搜索。


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A Japanese F-35 stealth fighter jet with one pilot on board disappeared from radar while on a training mission over the Pacific on Tuesday night, the defense ministry said.
The fighter jet went missing at around 7:30 p.m. (1030 GMT) as it was flying some 135 km (84 miles) east of Misawa in northeastern Japan, a ministry spokeswoman said.
It was not immediately clear if it had crashed, the spokesperson said, adding: “We are still trying to search for the aircraft.”
The fate of the pilot was not immediately clear.
The plane lost contact about 30 minutes after taking off from Misawa Air Base, public broadcaster NHK said.
The Self-Defence Forces and coastguard dispatched vessels to carry out rescue operations, NHK added.
Japan’s first F-35A fighter squadron based at Misawa became operational on March 29.



https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190409/p2a/00m/0na/026000c



ASDF F-35 fighter disappears from radar over Pacific: gov't
April 9, 2019 (Mainichi Japan)

File photo taken in January 2018 shows an F-35A Stealth jet at the Misawa base of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force said Tuesday an F-35 fighter jet deployed at Misawa Air Base in northeastern Japan has disappeared from radar over the Pacific.

The fighter was flying off the coast of Aomori Prefecture when radar contact was lost around 7:25 p.m., it said.


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ntact-with-f-35-stealth-fighter-idUSKCN1RL1FJ


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April 9, 2019 / 8:13 PM / Updated an hour ago
Japan's air force loses contact with F-35 stealth fighter


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Senior leaders of Japan’s Ministry of Defense, U.S. Forces Japan, Pacific Air Forces and Lockheed Martin gather in a Japan Air Self-Defense Force hangar for the commemorative ceremony welcoming the first operational F-35A Lightning II to JASDF's 3rd Air Wing at Misawa Air Base, Japan, February 24, 2018. Picture taken February 24, 2018. U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Handout via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s military said on Tuesday it lost contact with one of its Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters over the Pacific Ocean close to northern Japan.
Japan’s first squadron of F-35s has just become operational at the Misawa air base and the government plans to buy 87 of the stealth fighters to modernize its air defenses as China’s military power grows.

The advanced single-seat jet was flying about 135 km (84 miles) east of the air base in Aomori Prefecture at about 7:27 p.m. (1027 GMT) on Tuesday, when it disappeared from radar, the Air Self Defense Force said.
The military has launched a search for the missing aircraft and its pilot, it said in a statement.

A crash would be only the second time an F-35 has gone down since the plane began flying almost two decades ago. It would also be the first crash of an A version of the fifth-generation fighter designed to penetrate enemy defenses by evading radar detection.
A U.S. military short take off and landing (STOVL) F-35B crashed near the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina in September prompting a temporary grounding of the aircraft. Lockheed Martin also makes a C version of the fighter designed to operate off carriers.
Japan’s new F35s will include 18 short take off and vertical landing (STOVL) B variants that planners want to deploy on its islands along the edge of the East China Sea.
Reporting by Tim Kelly, Kiyoshi Takenaka and Stanley White; Editing by Darren Schuettler
Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.


https://www.msn.com/ja-jp/news/national/ｆ３５戦闘機、レーダーから消える＝太平洋上空、無線に応答なし－空自/ar-BBVKZ3N

Ｆ３５戦闘機、消息絶つ＝太平洋上で夜間訓練中－空自



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2019/04/09 23:07



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© 時事通信社 航空自衛隊の最新鋭ステルス戦闘機Ｆ３５Ａ＝２０１８年１月２６日、青森県三沢市

９日午後７時２５分ごろ、航空自衛隊の最新鋭ステルス戦闘機Ｆ３５Ａが空自三沢基地（青森県三沢市）東の太平洋上で消息を絶った。無線に応答がなく、墜落した可能性があり、自衛隊が捜索を進めている。
空自によると、消息を絶ったのは、同基地の第３航空団第３０２飛行隊に所属するＦ３５Ａ。搭乗していたのは４０代の３等空佐という。
同機は９日午後７時ごろ、夜間の対戦闘機戦闘訓練のため同型の３機とともに三沢基地を離陸。約２５分後に同基地の東約１３５キロの太平洋上で機影がレーダーから消え、連絡が取れなくなった。事前に異常を知らせる連絡はなく、救難信号は確認されていないという。
Ｆ３５Ａは米ロッキード・マーチン社製の１人乗りで、三沢基地に１３機配備されている。
岩屋毅防衛相は９日夜、防衛省で記者団の取材に応じ、「原因は不明だが、人命の救出に全力を尽くす」と述べた。救助活動は夜を徹して続け、同型１２機の飛行は当面見合わせるとした。



https://news.headlines.auone.jp/sto...ubgenreid=12&articleid=12280464&cpid=10130017



空自戦闘機がレーダーから消える　太平洋上で墜落か

国内 産経新聞
4/9 21:00

F３５A戦闘機＝青森県三沢市（酒巻俊介撮影）

９日午後７時３０分ごろ、航空自衛隊三沢基地（青森県）の最新鋭ステルス戦闘機Ｆ３５Ａが、同基地の東約１３５キロ付近の太平洋上を飛行中、レーダーから機影が消えた。墜落した可能性があり、乗員１人が行方不明となっている。防衛省は救難機を派遣し、詳しい状況を調べている。
岩屋毅防衛相は記者団に「まずは捜索、救助に全力を尽くす」と述べた。船舶などへの被害は確認されていないという。空自によると、Ｆ３５Ａは夜間の対戦闘機戦闘訓練をするため、午後７時ごろ４機で三沢基地を離陸し、その後、消息を絶った。
Ｆ３５Ａは老朽化したＦ４戦闘機の後継機で、昨年１月に三沢基地に初めて配備された。その後、追加配備され、今年３月に１２機、８０人態勢で飛行隊が新設されたばかりだった。政府は将来的にＦ３５Ａを計１０５機配備することにしており、調達に影響する可能性がある。岩屋氏は当面の間、Ｆ３５Ａの飛行を停止する方針を示した。

 

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Hohoho!

Well predicted and Timely Predicted!

F-35 global order cancellation will follow soon!

 

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原创 最新！日本空自F-35A失联，或迎来全球首摔！日本：全部F-35A停飞

2019-04-09 22:41 美军 /战斗机 /日本

NHK报道截图

最新消息，日本空自三泽基地的一架F-35A隐身战斗机于当地时间7时27分（北京时间6点27分），在离三泽市东侧135公里的海域上从雷达上消失，地面中心无法与飞行员取得联系。

截至晚上9点，日本防卫省声称日本空自的救援单位在紧急救援，已有空自的搜救飞机、巡逻艇和护卫舰前往失联的海域搜寻，暂时尚无确切的消息。

在失联时，日本空自有4架F-35A在一起进行训练，这意味着这架战斗机在失联前没有任何异常联系。

日本F35-A战斗机

日本空自正在紧急确认详细情况，日本媒体推测可能是因为雷达问题而导致坠毁。

分析称，这架F-35A疑似已经坠毁，日本媒体报道称，执飞这架战斗机的是三等空佐（相对于少校）。

稍早前，日本防卫省对三泽基地部署的余下的12架F-35A宣布停飞、

目前日本空自已经接受了13架F-35A战斗机，隶属于控制第302联队。目前尚不知这架战斗机是美国洛克希德·马丁公司的原厂组装生产，还是日本工程组装生产的飞机。

日本F35-A战斗机

如果最终确定这架隐身战斗机坠机，分析称，此次事故将可能影响日本增加采购的F-35订单。

日本首批次订购了42架F-35A隐身战斗机，后来日本防卫省决定终止心神隐身战斗机的研发，将资金全部用于采购F-35战斗机，日本决定增加采购60多架F-35A和F-35B，F-35B是垂直起降战斗机，用于部署在日本出云级航母上。

日本仅装备13架就有一架出现事故，这超出了此前人们对这款战斗机的期望，这是全球第二款实战部署的第五代隐身战斗机，洛克希德·马丁接受了来自全球4000架左右的订单。

在2018年9月，美国海军陆战队一架F-35B在训练时坠毁，是全球第一架F-35坠毁事故。不过，日本空自这次如被证实坠毁，将是全球首架F-35A坠毁，也是全球第二架F-35坠毁。

F-35B在训练时坠毁

F-35是单引擎战斗机，虽然装备的是普惠研发的全球最先进的F-135涡扇发动机，但是就是最好的发动机，在空中出现故障，单发战斗机都无法避免坠毁的命运。单发战斗机一直以来也比双引擎战斗机事故率高得多。

此前有分析称，参考美军洛克希德·马丁公司的F-22战斗机，生产了187架，但是坠毁了4架，参考这个比例，同为洛克希德·马丁公司生产的F-35战斗机如果生产4000架的话，将会坠机100架左右。

如果参考美军单发战斗机F-16惊人的事故率13.66%来计算，F-35A或将坠毁500多架。

这样看来，全球刚开始大量部署的F-35A将迎来高频率的事故发生。（再言）返回搜狐，查看更多



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Original Latest! Japan’s air loss from the F-35A, or the world’s first fall! Japan: All F-35A grounded
2019-04-09 22:41
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According to the latest news, an F-35A stealth fighter from Japan’s Sanze base disappeared from the radar on the radar at 7-14 km from the east side of Misawa City at 7:27 local time (6:27 Beijing time). The center was unable to contact the pilot.

As of 9 pm, the Japanese Defense Ministry claimed that Japan’s air rescue units were in emergency rescue. There were empty search and rescue aircraft, patrol boats and frigates to search for lost seas. There is no exact news.

In the event of a loss of cooperation, Japan Air has its own four F-35A training together, which means that the fighter did not have any abnormal contact before the loss.

Japanese F35-A fighter

Japan Air is urgently confirming the details, and the Japanese media speculated that it may have been caused by a radar problem.

According to the analysis, the F-35A is suspected of having crashed. Japanese media reported that the third fighter was the third fighter (relative to the major).

Earlier, the remaining 12 F-35As deployed by the Japanese Defense Ministry to the Sanze base announced their grounding.

At present, Japan Air has already accepted 13 F-35A fighters, which are under the control of the 302nd wing. It is not known that this fighter is the original assembly production of Lockheed Martin of the United States, or the aircraft assembled and produced in Japan.

Japanese F35-A fighter

If the stealth fighter crash is finalized, the analysis said that the accident may affect Japan's increased purchase of F-35 orders.

Japan first ordered 42 F-35A stealth fighters. Later, the Japanese Defense Ministry decided to terminate the research and development of the stealth fighters. All the funds were used to purchase the F-35 fighters. Japan decided to purchase more than 60 F-35A and F-. The 35B, F-35B is a vertical take-off and landing fighter for deployment on the Japanese cloud-class aircraft carrier.

Japan has only one aircraft with 13 accidents, which is beyond the expectations of the fighters. This is the second fifth-generation stealth fighter in the world. Lockheed Martin accepted about 4,000 from around the world. Order.

In September 2018, a US Marine Corps F-35B crashed during training, the world's first F-35 crash. However, Japan’s air crash from this time will be the world’s first F-35A crash and the second F-35 crash in the world.

F-35B crashed during training

The F-35 is a single-engine fighter. Although it is equipped with the world's most advanced F-135 turbofan engine developed by Pratt & Whitney, it is the best engine. In the air, the single-engine fighter cannot avoid the fate of the crash. Single-engine fighters have always been much more expensive than twin-engine fighters.

Earlier, some analysts said that with reference to the US Army Lockheed Martin F-22 fighters, 187 were produced, but four crashed. Referring to this ratio, the F-35 fighters produced by Lockheed Martin are produced. In the case of 4000, there will be about 100 crashes.

If you calculate the amazing accident rate of the American single-engine fighter F-16, 13.66%, the F-35A will crash more than 500.

In this way, the F-35A, which has just begun to be deployed in large numbers in the world, will usher in high-frequency accidents. (again) Return to Sohu to see more

 

[Tony Tan]

 

[red amoeba]

Race against time to find the wreckage. If ah Tiong find it first it will be Terrex again.

 

[obama.bin.laden]

Race against time to find the wreckage. If ah Tiong find it first it will be Terrex again.

Too late! PLA are the ones who shot it down, submarine awaiting below to fish it away.

 

[syed putra]

According to the latest news, an F-35A stealth fighter from Japan’s Sanze base disappeared from the radar on the radar at 7-14 km from the east side of Misawa City at 7:27 local time (6:27 Beijing time). The center was unable to contact the pilot.

I thought its stealth, so how can it disappear from radar? Its not suppose to be on radar!

 

[taksinloong]

It just made shark fins taste better! Yum!

 

[taksinloong]

https://www.defensenews.com/air/201...ter-jet-is-missing-remaining-12-are-grounded/



A Japanese F-35A fighter jet is missing; remaining 12 are grounded

By: Mike Yeo   9 hours ago

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A Japanese F-35A has gone missing. The variant is the same as this Royal Australian Air Force stealth fighter. (Mike Yeo/Staff)



Last update: 2:20 p.m. EST - April 9, 2019

MELBOURNE, Australia — A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A fighter jet went missing off the coast of northern Japan on Tuesday, with a search mission now underway.

Local media reported that contact with the Lockheed Martin-made stealth fighter was lost just before 7:30 p.m. local time, with the aircraft’s last reported location identified over the Pacific Ocean about miles 85 miles east of Misawa city in Aomori prefecture, in the northern part of Japan’s main island of Honshu.

Japan’s national public broadcaster, NHK, quoting Japan Air Self-Defense Force officials, reported that the missing F-35A was one of four JASDF F-35As that had taken off from nearby Misawa Air Base for a training mission at 7:00 p.m. local time.

The officials added that Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force aircraft and vessels have begun a search mission. Japan’s Coast Guard said it is sending two vessels to join in the search. Other JASDF aircraft, most likely search-and-rescue U-125A jets and UH-60J Black Hawk helicopters that are deployed throughout Japanese air bases, have also reportedly joined the search efforts.

Speaking to reporters, Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said the JASDF will ground the 12 remaining F-35As for the time being.

U.S. Defense Department spokesman Lt. Col. Dave Eastburn told Defense News that the agency “is aware and monitoring the situation in Japan.”

Japan had only stood up its first F-35A squadron at the end of last month, with the 302nd Hikotai established in Misawa with 13 F-35As following its transfer from Hyakuri, north of Japan’s capital Tokyo, where it had been operating the Mitsubishi F-4EJ Phantom II.



https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/09/asia/japan-f-35-stealth-fighter-missing-intl/index.html


Japanese F-35 fighter goes missing over the Pacific

By Brad Lendon, CNN

Updated 1746 GMT (0146 HKT) April 9, 2019




Hong Kong (CNN)A Japanese F-35 stealth fighter, one of the world's most-advanced warplanes, has gone missing over the Pacific Ocean, Japanese defense officials said.
Officials said the single-engine jet from Japan's Air Self-Defense Force was on a training flight with three other F-35s when contact was lost Tuesday evening, public broadcaster NHK reported.
The planes, based at Misawa Air Base on the northern tip of the main Japanese island of Honshu, were about 135 kilometers (84 miles) off the east coast of Aomori prefecture when contact was lost, officials said.
The pilot of the single-seat fighter is missing, and a search is underway, according to Japan's Defense Ministry.
No problems with the aircraft were reported before it went missing, NHK reported.

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force staff in 2016 in Arizona for the arrival of the first Japanese F-35A.
Japan's first squadron of the $100 million fighter jets went operational just 11 days ago, with about a dozen of the jets forming the 302nd Squadron at the Misawa base, according to a report from The Diplomat.com.
The Japanese jet, a F-35A model, would be the second lost to an accident. A US Marine Corps F-35B crashed in Beaufort, South Carolina, in late September. US defense officials in October said a faulty fuel tube was the likely cause, and all F-35s operated by the United States and its allies were temporarily grounded for inspection.
Japan is one of 14 countries in the F-35 program, according to the plane's maker, Lockheed Martin Corp. Tokyo announced in December it would be buying 147 of the planes, making it the biggest customer for the aircraft besides the United States.
At present, some of the Japanese F-35 are assembled in the United States and others at a plant in Nagoya, Japan. It has not been revealed where the plane that went missing Tuesday was built.
The F-35 comes in three versions. The F-35A, like the one Japan lost contact with Tuesday, is the one designed for air forces to use off conventional runways. The F-35B, like the one the US Marine Corps lost, is designed for short takeoff and vertical landings. The F-35C model is the US Navy's version, designed for use off its aircraft carriers.

The F-35 comes in three versions. The one that went missing Tuesday is the Air Force's F-35A model.
Japan has announced plans to buy 105 of the F-35A models and 42 F-35Bs, which it could eventually use to turn its Izumo-class helicopter destroyers into small aircraft carriers, its first since World War II.
The F-35 stealth jet has been called the most expensive weapons system in history, and its development was beset by multiple delays before it was deemed combat ready.


US F-35 fighter jet conducts first-ever airstrike
The first US combat mission conducted by an F-35 happened in October when a Marine Corps jet launched off the amphibious warship USS Essex struck targets in Afghanistan. In May, Israel announced it had conducted the first combat missions using the F-35 but offered few details.
In the Pacific, South Korea and Australia have joined Japan in acquiring the jets.
The F-35's advanced electronic warfare suite can allow seamless integration among users, making the planes strong counters to China's growing fleet of stealth aircraft, including the J-20 and J-31.
CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki contributed to this report.

 

[taksinloong]

https://www.businessinsider.sg/japa...-or-china-may-find-it-first-2019-4/?r=US&IR=T

Japan lost an F-35 in the Pacific, and the US is in trouble if Russia or China find it first



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April 9, 2019

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An F-35A aircraft, designated AX-6. JASDF’s 3rd Air Wing, 302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan.

• Japan’s military reported on Tuesday that it lost an F-35 stealth jet some 84 miles off the east coast of Aomori prefecture, Japan, in the Pacific.
• Experts say Russia and China will do anything to get a look at the crashed jet, and if they do find it or can salvage it, they could seriously undermine the next several decades of US airpower.
• Russia and China probably couldn’t perfectly reconstruct the F-35, but any of its technology that ends up in the countries’ hands would be a blow to the heart of the US military.
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Japan’s military reported on Tuesday that it lost contact with an F-35 stealth jet some 84 miles off the east coast of Aomori prefecture, Japan, in the Pacific and that the hunt was on for the pilot and the downed plane.
But if Russia or China – which both maintain a heavy naval presence in the region – find the plane first, the future of US airpower could be over before it started.
“Bottom line is that it would not be good” for the future of US airpower if Japan or the US don’t quickly recover the jet, retired US Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula told Business Insider.

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“There is no price too high in this world for China and Russia to pay to get Japan’s missing F-35, if they can. Big deal,” Tom Moore, an expert on Russia and weapons proliferation, tweeted.
The hunt for F-35 tech is on

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Basically, if Russia or China, perhaps using their advanced and stealthy submarines to probe the ocean floor, first found the jet, they would gain a treasure trove of secrets about the most expensive weapons system in the history of the world.
The F-35 crash in the Pacific represents the first-ever opportunity for Russia and China to hunt for one of these planes in the wild because the jet has crashed only once before, and that time was on US soil.
Reverse engineering the technology could allow Russia and China to build their own versions of the jet, up to a point.
Read more: NATO will lose its next air war to Putin’s ‘formidable beasts’ if it waits for the F-35 to save it
“The usefulness for Russia or China of recovering some or all of the wreckage would depend on how much damage the aircraft sustained upon hitting the water,” Justin Bronk, a combat-aviation expert at the Royal United Services Institute, told Business Insider.
“The general shape of the jet is well-known, as are its performance characteristics so not much to gain there but parts of radar and other sensors would be prime targets for recover and testing/even attempts at reverse engineering,” he added.
Russia specifically operates a fleet of shadowy submarines meant for very deep dives and research. The US and Japan have advanced maritime capabilities to search for the fallen jet but mostly rely on two of the US’s aging rescue and salvage ships and on large nuclear submarines, which may not be ideal for the rescue mission.
Read more: Russia says it’s going to arm a submarine with 6 nuclear ‘doomsday’ devices
As of now, all anyone knows is where the F-35 was last seen flying. It could have continued on for miles, and currents may have dragged it miles farther. In short, the entire region has a chance at brushing up against some piece of it.
What Russia and China stand to gain

Russia and China know what an F-35 looks like. There’s even some evidence China stole plans for the F-35. But even with an F-35 in its hands, the two countries still lack the advanced manufacturing know-how held in the US.
Just having some composite material used in the F-35’s jet engines wouldn’t necessarily allow China to create the materials at will. Just measuring the characteristics of the fuselage wouldn’t necessarily allow Russia to reliably manufacture airframes like the F-35’s on its own.
Read more: The US is ready to send in F-35s into combat if tensions with Russia and Syria boil over
The F-35’s stealth and performance represent a tiny portion of its worth to the US military. The rest lies in the networking, sensor fusion, and secure communications.
There, according to Bronk, the jet stands a chance against prying eyes.
“Samples or the ‘fibre mat’ stealth coating would be sought after,” Bronk said. “But the jet’s all-important software and programming would likely be hard to reconstruct given not only the likely damage from the crash and salt water in Pacific but also the way that the jet’s sensitive systems are designed to be very hard to decipher and reverse engineer to make it more suitable for export.”
Despite the US’s best efforts, Russia or China salvaging any part of the F-35 represents a US security nightmare.
“Both China and Russia have excellent reconstruction/reverse engineering/copying skills, particularly the Chinese as they are masters at it,” Deptula said.
Bronk and Deptula both agreed that in Moscow, Washington, Beijing, and Tokyo, the race is now on to find the fallen F-35 to either protect or undermine its future as the lynchpin of US and allied airpower.

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Senior leaders of Japan’s Ministry of Defense, U.S. Forces Japan, Pacific Air Forces and Lockheed Martin gather in a Japan Air Self-Defense Force hangar for the commemorative ceremony welcoming the first operational F-35A Lightning II to JASDF's 3rd Air Wing at Misawa Air Base, Japan, February 24, 2018. Picture taken February 24, 2018. U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Handout via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s military said on Tuesday it lost contact with one of its Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters over the Pacific Ocean close to northern Japan.
Japan’s first squadron of F-35s has just become operational at the Misawa air base and the government plans to buy 87 of the stealth fighters to modernize its air defenses as China’s military power grows.
The advanced single-seat jet was flying about 135 km (84 miles) east of the air base in Aomori Prefecture at about 7:27 p.m. (1027 GMT) on Tuesday, when it disappeared from radar, the Air Self Defense Force said.
The military has launched a search for the missing aircraft and its pilot, it said in a statement.
Lockheed Martin said in a statement that it was standing by to support the Japanese Air Self Defense Force as needed.
The Pentagon said it was monitoring the situation.
A crash would be only the second time an F-35 has gone down since the plane began flying almost two decades ago. It would also be the first crash of an A version of the fifth-generation fighter designed to penetrate enemy defenses by evading radar detection.
A U.S. military short take off and landing (STOVL) F-35B crashed near the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina in September prompting a temporary grounding of the aircraft. Lockheed Martin also makes a C version of the fighter designed to operate off carriers.
Japan’s new F35s will include 18 short take off and vertical landing (STOVL) B variants that planners want to deploy on its islands along the edge of the East China Sea.
Reporting by Tim Kelly, Kiyoshi Takenaka and Stanley White. Additional reporting by Idrees Ali and Chris Sanders in Washington; Editing by Darren Schuettler and Cynthia Osterman
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I thought its stealth, so how can it disappear from radar? Its not suppose to be on radar!

Previously it was FAKE Stelath, now UPGRADED to TRUE STEALTH! Huat Ah!

 

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An F-35A stealth fighter belonging to the Japan Air Self-Defence Force's (JASDF) fleet reportedly disappeared from radars on Tuesday, 135 kilometers (84 miles) east of the Misawa Air Base located in the country's northern Aomori prefecture.
The JASDF said Wednesday it has found what could be debris from the missing fighter jet, according to broadcaster NHK.
The incident took place during a training flight involving four F-35A fighters. One pilot was on board of the missing aircraft. The missing jet was reportedly the first F-35A assembled at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries facility in Nagoya.
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Japanese Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya announced Tuesday that Tokyo would ground the JASDF's whole fleet of F-35A stealth fighters in the wake of the incident.
In December, Japan announced its plans to buy an additional 105 F-35 aircraft to supplement its originally planned force of 42 F-35 jets, with the additional order's cost estimated to exceed 1 trillion yen (nearly $8.9 billion). The anticipated purchase makes Japan the largest international buyer of F-35 aircraft.

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Last August, the nonprofit Project On Government Oversight (POGO) said that senior officials developing the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for the US armed forces — the most expensive military program of all time — are covering up dangerous flaws in the plane instead of fixing them. In particular, the Center for Defense Information at POGO obtained a document showing how F-35 officials were re-categorizing rather than fixing major design flaws to be able to claim they had completed the program’s development phase without having to pay overruns for badly needed fixes.

Moreover, a report on the F-35 last year from the US Government Accountability Office showed that the aircraft still had 111 Category One deficiencies that may cause death, severe injury, loss or major damage and that critically restricted the combat readiness capabilities of armed forces using the aircraft, POGO noted.
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Japan’s military has reportedly found what appears to be debris from the F-35A fighter jet that disappeared from radar with one pilot on board during a training mission over the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday evening.
The Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) says it has found what could be debris from the F-35A plane that lost radar contact with ground control at Misawa Air Base during a routine training mission off the coast of Aomori Prefecture on Tuesday, broadcaster NHK reports. Coast Guard and Self-Defense Forces have been searching for the plane since it vanished. The fighter jet was flying with three others of the same make about 135km off the coast.
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Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya grounded the Air Self-Defense Force’s entire fleet of F-35As as a precaution after the aircraft went missing at about 7:30pm local time, half an hour after taking off. At the same time the fighter disappeared from radar screens, ground control also lost all radio contact with the plane.
The craft that vanished was reportedly the first F-35A to be built at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries facility in Nagoya. In December, Japan announced its plans to place an order for 105 more F-35s from the US on top of the 42 it had already bought – a deal which would make Japan the largest international buyer of the troubled plane.
The F-35 is notoriously considered the most expensive US military program of all time, and a 2018 report by the Project on Government Oversight claimed that senior officials involved in developing the aircraft concealed dangerous flaws in its design instead of fixing them in order to avoid paying cost overruns on what was already an enormously expensive project. A 2018 Government Accountability Office report showed the plane had 111 Category One deficiencies that severely restricted its combat readiness, posing the risk of death, severe injury, loss or major damage.
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A February report from the Pentagon further revealed that some of the F-35s' lifespan is nearly four times shorter than expected, and the firing accuracy of the fighter's guns is “unacceptable.” Worse, the number of operation-ready planes remained below 60 percent, and previously-uncovered cybersecurity “vulnerabilities” were still wide open.
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Wind down your celebration folks. They found the plane. Looks like Its not so stealthy.

 

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Wreckage from a Japanese F-35 stealth fighter jet has been found, a day after it disappeared from radar over the Pacific Ocean.
The pilot of the plane, however, is still missing, Japanese military officials said.
Parts of the plane have been recovered during search operations at sea.
It is not known why the plane, which is less than a year old, lost contact and crashed.
"We have collected parts from the jet fighter's tail fin so we [believe] it crashed," Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya told reporters.
The fighter jet went missing at 19:27pm (10:27 GMT) on Tuesday as it was flying 135km (84 miles) east of Misawa, a city in north-eastern Japan.
It lost contact about 30 minutes after taking off from the Misawa Air Base.
According to Mr Iwaya, the missing pilot had sent a signal to abort the mission. All communication with him was lost shortly after.
Rescue teams are continuing their search for the male pilot who is in his 40s, according to news site Kyodo.
No problems with the aircraft had previously been reported, according to Japan's public broadcaster NHK.
Japan has been deploying F-35s, which cost at least $90m (£68m), to replace its ageing F-4 fighter jet.
The country has now grounded its 12 remaining F-35 fighter jets at the Misawa base temporarily, said Mr Iwaya.
This is only the second time an F-35 has crashed since the jet began flying, according to Reuters.

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A Japan's Self-Defence Forces F-35A stealth fighter jet at Misawa airport in Aomori prefecture, on Jan 26, 2018. (Photo: AFP/Jiji Press)

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TOKYO: Search and rescue teams found wreckage from a Japanese F-35 stealth fighter that crashed over the Pacific Ocean close to northern Japan, but the pilot remains missing, authorities said on Wednesday (Apr 10).
The aircraft, less than one-year-old, was the first F-35 to be assembled in Japan and was only in the air for 28 minutes on Tuesday, a defence official said.


It is only the second F-35 to crash in the two-decades it has been flying.
The advanced, single-seat jet was flying about 135 km east of the Misawa air base in Aomori Prefecture at about 7.27 pm (6.27pm, Singapore time) on Tuesday, when it disappeared from radar, the Air Self Defense Force said.
"We recovered the wreckage and determined it was from the F-35," a spokesman for the Air Self Defence Force (ASDF) said, adding that the pilot of the aircraft was still missing.
The aircraft was at the front of a group of four planes out for training manoeuvres when it sent an "aborting practice" signal and then disappeared from the radar, Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya told reporters.


"We'll need to cooperate with the US forces and I believe arrangements are being made for this," Iwaya said, adding the priority was on determining the cause of the accident.
Japan has a total of 13 F-35s, including the one that crashed. The crashed aircraft was the fifth F-35 delivered to the ASDF, but the first assembled by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan, a second ASDF official told Reuters.
The previous four aircraft had been used for training in the United States before being brought to Japan, the defence official said.
A representative for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said the company had no immediate comment. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd assembles the aircraft at a plant near Nagoya in central Japan. Each costs around US$100 million, slightly more than the cost of buying a fully assembled plane.
The aircraft had been in the air for 28 minutes when contact was lost, the official said. The pilot had 3,200 hours of flight time, with 60 hours on the F-35, the official said.
The aircraft crashed in waters that reach a depth of around 1,500 metres, making recovery difficult, the official said.
ONLY SECOND F-35 TO CRASH
The aircraft was less than a year old and was delivered to the ASDF in May last year, the ASDF spokesman said. Japan's first squadron of F-35s has just become operational at Misawa and the government plans to buy 87 of the stealth fighters to modernise its air defences as China's military power grows.
The crash marks only the second time an F-35 has gone down since the plane began flying almost two decades ago. It was also the first crash of an A version of the fifth-generation fighter, which is designed to penetrate enemy defences by evading radar detection.
Lockheed Martin, which manufactures the aircraft, said it was standing by to support the Japanese Air Self Defence Force as needed. The Pentagon said it was monitoring the situation.
A US military short take off and landing (STOVL) F-35B crashed near the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina in September prompting a temporary grounding of the aircraft. Lockheed Martin also makes a C version of the fighter designed to operate off carriers.
Japan's new F-35s will include 18 short take off and vertical landing (STOVL) B variants that planners want to deploy on its islands along the edge of the East China Sea.
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Japan Finds Wreckage From F-35 Fighter Jet, but Pilot Is Still Missing

Japan grounded its fleet of F-35A fighter jets at Misawa Air Base after one of them crashed on Tuesday.CreditJiji Press, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

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TOKYO — The Japanese military said on Wednesday that it had found parts of a fighter jet that crashed into the Pacific on a training exercise, but that the pilot was still missing.
The warplane, an F-35A, disappeared over the waters east of Aomori Prefecture on the northern part of Honshu, Japan’s largest island, on Tuesday.
Japan’s air force said on Wednesday that it had found parts of the plane’s tail, the public broadcaster NHK reported.
Four aircraft had been conducting a drill on Tuesday when communications with the F-35 were cut off and the plane disappeared from radar, Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya told reporters on Wednesday morning. The missing pilot was the plane’s sole crew member, he said.

Search and rescue operations on Wednesday at the site where a Japanese-operated F-35A fighter jet crashed the day before.CreditKyodo, via Reuters

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Search and rescue operations on Wednesday at the site where a Japanese-operated F-35A fighter jet crashed the day before.CreditKyodo, via Reuters
The Japanese military and coast guard and a United States Navy P-8A maritime patrol aircraft searched overnight for the missing jet and its pilot, officials said.

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“We will do our utmost to save his life,” Mr. Iwaya said.
Japan’s 12 remaining F-35A jet fighters based at Misawa Air Base in Aomori were grounded and a panel was set up to determine the cause of the crash, Mr. Iwaya added.
The plane took off from Misawa at 6:59 p.m. on Tuesday and contact was lost at 7:27 p.m., the Ministry of Defense said in a statement. Some debris from the plane was found at 9:45 p.m., it said.
Last year, the United States temporarily grounded its fleet of about 220 F-35s made by the defense contractor Lockheed Martin after a crash in September. Initial data indicated problems with a fuel tube that may have contributed to that accident. The pilot ejected safely and survived.
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The F-35 is one of the most expensive weapons programs in history, with a price tag of $80 million to more than $100 million per plane. While it has seen several technical problems, the crash last year was the first for the United States military in the 17-year history of the program.
Last year, Japan said it planned to buy 105 F-35s in addition to 42 it had already approved, which would make it the biggest buyer of the fighter after the United States. The fighter jet that crashed Tuesday was the first to be completed at a final assembly plant in Aichi Prefecture in 2017, NHK reported.

Hisako Ueno reported from Tokyo and Austin Ramzy from Hong Kong.

 

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日本の行方不明の残骸F-35が発見され、パイロットが行方不明

2019年4月10日水曜日03時39分[更新：2019年4月10日水曜日03時39分]

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2018年1月26日に撮影したこの写真は、日本が運営するF-35Aステルス戦闘機を示しています。（AFPによる）
太平洋上空でレーダーから消えた翌日、日本のF-35Aステルス戦闘機からの残骸が見つかった、と同国の国防相は水曜日に述べた。
イワヤタケシ国防相は、ジェットに乗っていた1人のパイロットの運命についてはまだ語っていないと述べた。
イワヤ氏は記者団に対し、「海上での航空機や船舶による捜索活動において、「尾の一部を集めた」と述べた。
「我々はそれがクラッシュしたと信じている」と彼は付け加えた。
それが訓練の任務で日本の北東部の三沢の東のおよそ135キロメートルを飛んでいたので、戦闘機は火曜日午後7時30分（1030 GMT）あたり行方不明になりました。
飛行機は三沢飛行場から他の3つの航空機と離陸した後約30分で接触を失った。
日本はF-35Aを導入していますが、それぞれのF-35Aは、老朽化したF-4戦闘機に代わるものとして、100億円以上の費用がかかります。
防衛当局者によると、ジェットは基地に配備された13機のF-35のうちの1機だった。
国防省によると、残りの12人のF-35A戦闘機は当分の間接地されています。
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Taken on January 26, 2018, this photo shows the F-35A stealth fighter operated by Japan. Taken on January 26, 2018 (by AFP), this photo shows the F-35A stealth fighter operated by Japan. (By AFP)

The day after it disappeared from the radar over the Pacific Ocean, the remnants of a Japanese F-35A stealth fighter were found, the country's defense minister said Wednesday.

Defense Minister Iwaya Takeshi said that he did not yet talk about the fate of one pilot on the jet.

"I've gathered some of the tails in the sea and sea search operations," Iwaya told reporters.

"We believe it crashed," he added.

The fighters went missing every Tuesday at 7:30 pm (1030 GMT) as it flew approximately 135 kilometers east of Misawa in northeastern Japan for training missions.

The plane lost contact about half an hour after taking off with the other three aircraft from Misawa Airfield.

Japan has introduced F-35A, but each F-35A will cost more than 10 billion yen as a substitute for the aging F-4 fighter.

According to defense officials, Jet was one of thirteen F-35 deployed at the base.

According to the Department of Defense, the remaining 12 F-35A fighters are grounded for the time being.

(Source: AFP)

 

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Chinese website say Japs 1st squadron of F-35 announced formation only just 10 days and their brand new jet crashed. This is a also extremely BAD OMEN for their new REIGN TITLE REIWA especially in military senses:



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日本F35成军10天就坠毁 局座张召忠的预言又变现实

日本F35成军10天就坠毁 局座张召忠的预言又变现实



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据日本NHK电视台消息，当地时间4月9日晚上7点27份许，一架日本航空自卫队F-35A隐身战机，在执行夜间训练任务时与基地失去联系并在雷达屏幕上消失。据悉，这架搭载着一名空自3等空佐飞行员的F-35A，最后出现在位于距日本青森县三泽市东北方向约135公里的公海上空，极有可能已经坠毁。截止目前为止，防卫省已经宣布全军F-35A暂时停飞，并就此事展开了紧急调查。海上自卫队以及海上保安厅也倾巢而出，派遣了大量的救援飞机与水面舰艇紧急赶往事发海域进行拉网式排查营救。

此次事故发生10日之前，该F-35A中队刚刚宣布成军

此次F-35A失踪和动漫《机动警察》剧场版《和平保卫者》的剧情极为相似
有消息称，这架失踪的F-35A隶属于日本航空自卫队第三航空队第302中队，驻扎在离事发海域不远的本州岛北部的三泽空军基地，该基地自2018年初开始接收首架F-35A，预计最终将部署12架。十分有趣的一件事是，也正是在10天之前的3月29日，作为日本空自首个隐身战斗机中队的第302中队，就是在这个三泽空军基地宣布正式成军的。这意味着，该中队刚刚创下了从成军到战机首摔只用了短短10天时间的不光彩记录，并成为了宣布将年号改元令和后，日本国内的首起坠机事故。

事故地点位于青森县三泽市东北方向越135公里的海域上空

在此之前，由于美国海军陆战队所属的一架F-35B垂直起降战机，因为发动机油管故障于当地时间2018年9月28日坠毁在了美国本土南卡罗来纳州的博福特海军陆战队航空站附近。因此，日本航空自卫队这架F-35A也是与F-35系列的首摔记录失之交臂，只能算全球第二架因故坠毁的F-35战斗机。不过尽管如此，日本航空自卫队这一摔也同样创下了全球首架F-35A失事、日本首架隐身战机失事、东亚首架隐身战机失事、亚太地区首架隐身战机失事、乃至首架在海外坠毁的F-35战斗机等多项第一。

日本第14架F-35A已经完成首飞
此外可能有些朋友会好奇，这次失事中的F-35A不是号称隐身战机吗？为什么它在坠毁之前还能堂而皇之的出现在雷达屏幕上？实际上，这种情况与我们一直提到的“龙博透镜”有着直接关系。因为像F-22、F-35以及歼-20这些隐身战机为了掩盖自身的真实雷达反射信号以及保证飞行航线安全，所以他们进行日常训练时，都需要挂载可以将雷达波放大并原路反射回去的“龙博透镜”来主动暴露自己。在这种情况下，地面空管雷达就能很轻易的发现这些原本具备优秀隐身能力的战斗机，此次失事的日本F-35A自然也不例外。

F-35隐身战机上装备的龙博透镜，机背机腹各2个
言归正传，此次坠机事故无论对这支初生的隐身战机中队，还是对刚刚开始批量接收F-35A并有意引进F-35B的日本航空自卫队所造成的打击都是颇为严重的。而对于一直紧盯亚太方向的美国而言，该系列半年之内接二连三的事故，势必将对这一机型的外贸以及交付进程产生不利影响。更令他们如坐针毡的是，这架在公海上空失事的F-35A若是无法在第一时间被找到并进行回收，那么将有可能存在敏感信息外泄的风险，这也是为什么美国方面在得到日本防卫省的通报之后，第一时间就派出3架飞机参与到此次搜救行动中的原因之一。（作者署名：啮花熊）

此次事故可以说让美国和日本方面如坐针毡



Japan's F35 became a 10-day crash, and the prophecy of Zhang Zhaozhong became a reality.


Japan's F35 became a 10-day crash, and the prophecy of Zhang Zhaozhong became a reality.



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According to Japanese NHK TV news, local time on April 9th at 7:27 pm, a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-35A stealth fighter, lost contact with the base during the night training mission and disappeared on the radar screen. It is reported that this F-35A, which is equipped with a pilot from the 3rd Air Force, finally appeared on the high seas about 135 kilometers northeast of Sanze City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, and it is very likely that it has crashed. So far, the Ministry of Defense has announced that the entire F-35A has temporarily suspended its flight and has launched an urgent investigation into the matter. The Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Coast Guard also rushed out, sending a large number of rescue aircraft and surface ships to rush to the sea area for rescue operations.
10 days before the accident, the F-35A squadron just announced that the F-35A squadron had just announced its military formation 10 days before the accident.
The story of the F-35A disappearance and the anime "Mobile Police" theatrical version of "Peace Defender" is very similar. The story of the F-35A disappearance and the anime "Mobile Police" theatrical version of "Peace Defender" is very similar.

It is reported that the missing F-35A belongs to the 302th Squadron of the 3rd Air Force of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and is stationed at the Sanze Air Force Base in the northern part of Honshu Island not far from the incident. The base has been receiving since the beginning of 2018. The first F-35A is expected to eventually deploy 12. One very interesting thing is that it was on March 29th, 10 days ago, that the 302nd Squadron, the first stealth fighter squadron in Japan, was officially formed at the Sanze Air Force Base. This means that the squadron has just set off a disgraceful record that took only 10 days from Chengjun to the first flight of the fighter, and became the first crash in Japan after the announcement of the change of the year.
The accident site is located over 135 kilometers northeast of Sanze City, Aomori Prefecture, and is located over 135 kilometers northeast of Sanze City, Aomori Prefecture.

Prior to this, due to a F-35B vertical take-off and landing aircraft belonging to the US Marine Corps, the engine tubing failure occurred on September 28, 2018, local time, at the Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station in South Carolina, USA. nearby. Therefore, the F-35A of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force also missed the first record of the F-35 series, and it can only be regarded as the second F-35 fighter aircraft that crashed in the world. However, despite this, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force also hit the world's first F-35A crash, Japan's first stealth fighter crash, East Asia's first stealth fighter crash, the first stealth fighter crash in the Asia-Pacific region, and even the first overseas The crashed F-35 fighters and many other firsts.
Japan's 14th F-35A has completed its first flight, Japan's 14th F-35A has completed its first flight

In addition, some friends may be curious. Is the F-35A in this crash not a stealth fighter? Why did it appear on the radar screen before it crashed? In fact, this situation is directly related to the "Longbo lens" we have always mentioned. Because stealth fighters such as the F-22, F-35, and 歼-20 are designed to cover up their true radar reflections and ensure flight safety, they need to be mounted for daily training to amplify the radar waves and reflect them. Go back to the "Longbo Lens" to actively expose yourself. In this case, the ground air traffic control radar can easily find these fighters with excellent stealth capability. The Japanese F-35A that was wrecked is no exception.
Longbo lens equipped on F-35 stealth fighter, Longbo lens equipped on 2 F-35 stealth fighters on the back of the machine, 2 on the back of the machine

Closer to home, the crash was a serious blow to the squadron of the squadron of the newborn, or to the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, which had just begun to receive the F-35A in batches and intends to introduce the F-35B. For the United States, which has been closely targeting the Asia-Pacific region, the series of accidents within a half-year period will inevitably have an adverse impact on the foreign trade and delivery process of this model. What makes them feel like needles is that if the F-35A, which is wrecked on the high seas, cannot be found and recycled in the first place, there is a risk of leakage of sensitive information, which is why the US is getting Japanese defense. After the provincial notification, one of the reasons for sending three aircraft to participate in the search and rescue operation was the first time. (Author's signature: Bear)
The accident can be said to make the United States and Japan sit on the needle felt. The accident can be said to make the United States and Japan sit on the needle felt.