{"id":3336,"date":"2020-09-29T23:18:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T02:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/?p=3336"},"modified":"2020-10-20T16:28:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T19:28:31","slug":"marine-f-35-jet-crashes-after-clipping-wings-with-refueling-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/29\/marine-f-35-jet-crashes-after-clipping-wings-with-refueling-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine F-35 jet crashes after clipping wings with refueling plane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Marine Corps F-35 fighter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/passenger-jet-crashes-pakistan-board-feared-dead\/story?id=70828137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jet crashed<\/a>&nbsp;in Imperial County, California, after clipping the wing of a Marine KC-130 refueling tanker during a mid-air refueling, according to a Marine Corps statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The F-35 pilot was able to eject safely and the KC-130 was able to carry out a safe&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"md-opjjpmhoiojifppkkcdabiobhakljdgm_doc\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/canadian-aerobatic-jet-crashes-amid-pandemic-show-dead-70736288\" target=\"_blank\">emergency landing<\/a>. The pilot is now being treated for his injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;At approximately 1600 (4 p.m. Pacific time) it was reported that an F-35B made contact with a KC-130J during an air-to-air refueling evolution, resulting in the crash of the F-35B,&#8221; read a statement from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Yuma, Arizona. &#8220;The pilot of the F-35B ejected successfully and is currently being treated.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The KC-130J is on deck in the vicinity of Thermal Airport. All crew members of the KC-130J have been reported safe,&#8221; read the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The refueling tanker landed near a field, according to images published on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A defense official said the KC-130 was stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California, and the F-35 was based in Iwakuni, Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marines said the incident is under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/marine-35-jet-crashes-clipping-wings-refueling-plane\/story?id=73325534\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/marine-35-jet-crashes-clipping-wings-refueling-plane\/story?id=73325534\">abc News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Marine Corps F-35 fighter&nbsp;jet crashed&nbsp;in Imperial County, California, after clipping the wing of a Marine KC-130 refueling tanker during a mid-air refueling, according to a Marine Corps statement. The F-35 pilot was able to eject safely and the KC-130 was able to carry out a safe&nbsp;emergency landing. The pilot is now being treated for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-defense"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3336"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3339,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions\/3339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}