A United States Air Force F-35A Lightning II crashed on January 28, 2025, at Eielson Air Force Base after a serious malfunction in the landing gear resulted in the combat jet's onboard computer taking ...

An F-35 Lightning II fighter jet that went down at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks in January crashed after attempts to fix frozen landing gear left the plane uncontrollable, according to an Air ...

Ice contamination in landing gear struts created a cascading series of events that ended with an F-35A Lightning II crashing at an air base in Alaska in January, according to an Air Force accident ...

A F-35 pilot spent 50 minutes on a conference call mid-air with engineers to solve a problem with a $200 million jet before it plummeted onto the runway at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, forcing ...

Ice in the landing gear caused the crash of an F-35 at Eielson Air Force Base in January, according to a new military report released this week. The pilot declared an emergency and ejected prior to ...

U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and Royal Canadian Air Force fighter jets takeoff and land during Red Flag-Alaska 22-1 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska on May 2, 2022. Film Credits: U.S.

Facepalm: Most people are familiar with the frustration of sitting through a lengthy conference call only to reach a disappointing outcome. A US Air Force F-35 pilot must have been particularly upset ...

New munitions-related facilities to support the Air Force’s F-35A fighter program are being planned at RAF Lakenheath.