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F-35B Crashes in New Mexico, Pilot Hospitalized After Ejecting – USNI News
A pilot ejected and was hospitalized after an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter Lightning II crashed in New Mexico on Tuesday. The pilot was hospitalized and in “stable condition,” according to a CBS News report. The vertical and/or short take-off and landing aircraft crashed in New Mexico following a refueling at Kirtland Air Force Base, Lockheed Martin said in a statement. “An F-35B en route from Fort Worth, Texas, to Edwards Air Force Base, California, crashed after a refueling stop at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico,” according to the company statement. “This was a U.S. Government-owned and-operated aircraft that was