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Greg Hyde 29th January 2022 08:49 PM

OOps
 
Race to salvage US F-35C fighter jet that crashed in hostile South China Sea

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...outh-china-sea

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...China-Sea.html

Same thing happened YEARS AGO when an early Tomcat was lost off a carrier

Brian Wilkes 2nd February 2022 09:36 PM

These things are going down like flies!

Bob C 3rd February 2022 01:16 PM

No, they're not Brian !

Only 5 or 6 have been lost so far of 400+ built and the loss rate per 10,000 flying hours is on a par or better than other types. Several losses have occurred due to obvious pilot or ground crew error.

As an aside, the RAAF's F/A-18 loss rate per 10,000 flying hours was about 11 TIMES BETTER than the Mirages it replaced.

Brian Wilkes 6th February 2022 09:53 PM

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