F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before fighter jet crashed in Alaska

F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before fighter jet crashed in Alaska

The January 28 crash at Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks was recorded in a video that showed the aircraft dropping straight down and exploding in a fireball. The pilot ejected safely, suffering only minor injuries, but the $200 million fighter jet was destroyed. An Air Force investigation blamed...