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 ...

An Air Force F-35 pilot was on the phone midair with Lockheed Martin engineers for nearly an hour attempting to resolve a landing gear issue before ultimately having to eject from the jet, according ...

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.

An Air Force F-16 takes off from Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska in September 2024. Air Force fighter jets in Alaska scrambled Sunday to intercept a Russian reconnaissance flight nearing Alaskan ...

A packed conference room at the 8 Star Event Center received an update from a panel of experts on the nuclear microreactor pilot project planned for Eielson Air Force Base over the next four years.