Pilot ejects as F-35 crashes at MCAS Miramar, sparking fire

An F-35 assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing crashed Friday morning at MCAS Miramar in San Diego, sparking a brush fire, officials told Fox News.

F-35B stealth fighter crashed in California, US Marine Corps say

The US Marine Corps says the pilot of an F-35B stealth fighter ejected before the jet crashed in California, and was taken to a medical facility. The jet went down on Friday afternoon near the Miramar airbase in San Diego. A Marines statement called it a “Class A mishap”. That is the most severe mishap category, used when the damage totals more than US$2 million, an aircraft is destroyed or a service member killed. A single F-35B fighter jet costs about US$109 million. The statement did not...

By Associated Press

F-35B stealth fighter jet crashes near Marine Corps base in California

The crash near San Diego's Miramar Air Base has been classified as a ‘Class A mishap’

By Konstantin Toropin

Marine Corps says F-35B stealth fighter crashed in California, pilot ejected

Marine Corps says F-35B stealth fighter crashed in California, pilot ejected

US Fighter Jet Crashes Near California Military Base

A US F-35 fighter jet crashed Friday near a military base in San Diego, but the pilot was able to eject before impact, officials said.