F-35 Fire Caused More Than $17M In Damage

Credit: USAF
An uncontained power plant fire on a U.S. Air Force F-35 assigned to the 61st Fighter Sqdn. last September caused more than $17 million in damage to the costly aircraft, burning the aft two-thirds of the center fuselage. The U.S. Air Force on July 12 released its Accident Investigation Board (AIB)...

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