A fighter jet burst into flames after he crashed on a military base, whereby the pilot managed to escape intact.
Images caught at the Eiberelson Air Force Base in Alaska show the F-35 fighter jet-Barreling on the floor before he explodes on Tuesday afternoon.
The jet can walk around in the air, while the pilot safely descends under a parachute before he burst into a ball of flames.
It remains unclear why the pilot crashed the jet on the ground at this stage and sent the jet to the ground.
In a statement, the office of the 354th Fighter Wing described the incident as causing considerable damage.
They said, “The pilot is safe and transported to Bassett Army Hospital for further evaluation.”
Colonel Paul Townsend, commander of the Fighter Wing, added: 'Our people are our most important resource and we are committed to guaranteeing their safety and security.
Images caught on the Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska shows the F-35 Stray Hunter-Barreling on the floor before he explodes on Tuesday afternoon
In a statement to Anchorage Daily News, the office of the 354th Fighter Wing described it as considerable damage
“I can assure you that the Air Force of the United States will conduct a thorough investigation in the hope of minimizing the opportunities that such events take place again.”
Townsend also said reporters that the pilot had carried out 'standard procedures' at the time of the incident.
He added: 'I think it is premature to speculate about the causes of the incident, essentially [the pilot] It was safely able to cast out an Inflight failure, but resulted in the crash of the plane. '
The F-35A is the newest fighter jet of the Air Force that had replaced the F-16 Fighting Falcons and the A-10 Thunderbolt IIs.
According to Air & Spaces Forces Magazine, the average price of one of the jets is around $ 81 million.
There are currently 54 of the Jets stationed at the base, which is located near Fairbanks, according to Anchorage Daily News.
The jets are super long-distance that are accompanied by stealth capacity, and are also able to reach one mission everywhere in the northern hemisphere.
It comes after a similar F-35-Jet crashed in the countryside of South Carolina in September 2023, whereby the pilot also comes to safety.
De Jet was missing, in which civil servants asked the public to call in if they had information about the jet, causing a media razor. They thought it was a day later.
Townsend also said reporters that the pilot had performed 'standard procedures' at the time of the incident
The F-35A, seen here, is the newest fighter jet of the Air Force that had replaced the F-16 Fighting Falcons, and the A-10 Thunderbolt IIs
It took 17 days to collect and investigate the wreck and to clean up spilled fuel and other dangers from the forest for an amount of more than $ 2.1 million, according to a report.
A maritime investigation last year blamed the Jet pilot for a view when he didn't have to, so it could fly for 11 minutes before it finally crashed.
The report blamed the stealth technology on board and a transponder that did not work and the aircraft that flew at a low altitude with a system that automatically stabilizes the flight without checking a pilot about the disappearance.
The Jet suffered various system errors when the pilot tried to land on a joint Basic Charleston in heavy rainfall in September 2023 after a 50-minute training flight with another F-35.
Lightning was reported in the neighborhood and the aircraft suffered an “electrical event” that caused malfunctions in its radios, transponders and aerial navigation system.
The helmet of the pilot also flickered and off three times. The exact nature of what happened was darkened in the report released to the public.
The pilot then said that he had no reference to where he was because of the ground and was not sure what instruments he could trust, so he decided to cast out.
Marine researchers decided that it was not necessary to leave the plane because the computer still managed the flight, as is the case of the ray that remained more than 60 miles (100 kilometers) and 11 minutes without a pilot.
The standby instruments still provided accurate data and the back -upradio was still at least partially functioning, according to the report.
The report noted that researchers were not sure what data the pilot received or what he saw in his helmet just before and when he gone out because the crash recorder did not register that information.
