F-35 flight ends on the bottom of the South Taiwan Sea: Injuring 7 Sailors

Was this an intentional transfer of Top Secret Tech to China/Russia?

-J.P.

“An F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, had a landing mishap on deck while USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) was conducting routine flight operations in the South China Sea, Jan. 24, 2022. The pilot safely ejected from the aircraft and was recovered via U.S. military helicopter. The pilot is in stable condition. There were seven total Sailors injured; three Sailors required MEDEVAC to a medical treatment facility in Manila, Philippines, and four were treated by on-board medical personnel. All three MEDEVACs are assessed as stable. Of the four Sailors treated by on-board medical, three have been released. Additional details and the cause of the inflight mishap is under investigation.”

8:33 a.m. – Updated to reflect that all three MEDEVACed Sailors are in stable condition.

By Johnny ParatrooperPublished On: January 31, 2022Categories: Uncategorized29 Comments

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29 Comments

Ralph+k January 31, 2022 at 18:58

I read somewhere, unfortunately can’t find it, that it was a female pilot. Anybody know of this story?
- Johnny Paratrooper January 31, 2022 at 19:02
  
  This will likely come out in the Navy’s Report.
Dana Henry January 31, 2022 at 19:03

I’ve been wondering if it was a female driver.
Major Kong January 31, 2022 at 19:11

They have already copied everything and starting well before the Clintons sold blueprints and specs because the former USA is the designated loser of WWIII.
The globalists put down in writing that China would be the world decades ago.
- Johnny Paratrooper January 31, 2022 at 19:31
  
  They actually aren’t very good at making Jet Engines and various other products.
  Their domestic engines are well known to be garbage.
  Their domestic airlines purchase our engines.
  
  https://www.forbes.com/sites/benbaldanza/2021/04/12/china-will-struggle-competing-with-boeing-and-airbus-outside-of-china-that-is/?sh=30b0b9ec3b19
SOG January 31, 2022 at 19:22

massive audits and investigation and some lowly E2 will be blamed for a maintenance error
- Johnny Paratrooper January 31, 2022 at 19:28
  
  This aircraft should be E2 proof.
Rob157 January 31, 2022 at 19:23

Something I read, was that the pilot just had the booster jab shortly before the flight. Any corroboration from any reliable sources about this issue?
- Johnny Paratrooper January 31, 2022 at 19:34
  
  Doubtful.
  IIRC all pilots receiving the Jab are grounded for a 48 hour period.
  https://www.faa.gov/coronavirus/guidance_resources/vaccine_faq/
  Knowing the military, they probably make pilots do some other training for a week.
  Or take a week off. Who knows.
  
  Someone who is in the know can probably answer this question.
  - FlyBy January 31, 2022 at 20:46
    
    If memory serves correctly, we were ground 48-72 hours after getting immunizations and boosters. Unlike Air Force flight crews (unless something has changed over the years), Navy and Marine Corps flight crews have ground jobs when not scheduled to fly. We would work as Branch or Shop Admin for the various maintenance shops in the squadron.
FlyBy January 31, 2022 at 19:33

Drilling down through the comments on “The Drive”, it looks like the pilot had a hard landing, bounced and missed the arresting wires. This is the first I’ve heard of this mishap. Flight Ops on a carrier are inherently dangerous to begin with. Throw in some bad weather, rough seas or an inexperience pilot and things can go to shit really quick. I’m not saying that any of these were contributing factors to this particular mishap. I don’t know. But, I hope we recover the aircraft or put out a dive team to set some charges to detonate it.
- Johnny Paratrooper January 31, 2022 at 19:39
  
  I am not sure a dive team can go that deep.
  - FlyBy January 31, 2022 at 20:55
    
    I don’t know that answer either.
    - Dana Henry January 31, 2022 at 21:14
      
      Remain on station until salvage vessel with remotes arrives.
boss21 January 31, 2022 at 19:48

‘Intentional transfer of ‘top secret tech’ ?! Seriously – this thing is a turkey. Slow, short-range, (high-wing load – very bad for carrier ops) for starters. The Chinese were listening in to Lockheed / F-35 client countries conference calls for years. They learned more what not to do more than anything. Like never having a single engine fighter for naval operations since Vietnam – or letting the Marines have any say in the design.

Maritime and continental air ops is the province of big , twin – engine, fast thoroughbreds like F-15 or Su-30 able to lift a large radar and 10 missiles high over the horizon and give them the kick of the jet’s own speed and altitude. This copious research and analysis is a decade old , written by actual engineers and more true now than ever. http://www.ausairpower.net/jsf.html The corruption in this ‘program’ makes the F-104 Scandal look like girl scouts overcharging for cookies. The tech transfer ship sailed a long time ago.
- Johnny Paratrooper January 31, 2022 at 19:52
  
  I am not so sure all of this bad press is true.
  And if it’s so bad, why is China and Russia trying to clone the design?
  - boss21 January 31, 2022 at 20:20
    
    Clone the design? They are designing or fielding nothing like the F-35. The AirPowerAustralia link has hundreds of hours of gory details.
    - Johnny Paratrooper January 31, 2022 at 20:34
      
      https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2015/09/more-questions-f-35-after-new-specs-chinas-copycat/121859/
      - boss21 January 31, 2022 at 20:52
        
        J31 is a twin engine easier and cheaper to produce jet than the J 20. The stealth shaping formulae are set in radio engineering stone. All have to look alike by definition in the same way all modern airliners look the same. What’s under the skin and especially the radomes is what really matters. That and being maintainable under actual wartime.
- SOG January 31, 2022 at 20:15
  
  Marines dont have a say in the design the MIC of like 20 countries did otherwise it would work
  we Marines still ride in vietnam era aircraft hey cobra harrier etc and they fall out the sky less often then this new shit.
  - boss21 January 31, 2022 at 20:43
    
    Not blaming but the Marine/SVTOL version put a big lift fan up front hence the ‘Fat Amy’ aerodynamic compromises.
Dana Henry January 31, 2022 at 19:54

I was on the Intrepid during carrier quals in late 60s. We carried Vigilantes a large/heavy aircraft. Many of them broke a strut on landings. It wasn’t too long we didn’t carry them any more. Time/tech helped make that decision but I’ve wondered if that cruise helped the decision along. Sometimes experts get it wrong.
- boss21 January 31, 2022 at 20:26
  
  Vigilante was way big. Every navy for fifty years use twin engine fighters. F-14,F-18, MiG 35, Su33 , J11 and Rafale. Only exceptions – Harrier and F 35. Safety margin of 2 engines is massive on the ocean. The MIC/ Pentagram corruption is the problem- not the engineering.
  - Dana Henry January 31, 2022 at 20:40
    
    Roger that – and that was the conclusion. Too big.
  - FlyBy January 31, 2022 at 21:00
    
    I liked the Vigilante. I’m more partial to A3s and A6s.
Matt February 1, 2022 at 10:33

From a contact:

“Many of you have seen the topic of the recent F35 crash being discussed, along with statements supposedly made by the pilot right before he ejected that he was having chest pains. As skeptical of everything that has to do with the vaccine as I am, even I thought the reporting on this was BS hyperbole. Until about 30 minutes ago, that is. . . I commanded an F/A-18 squadron in the 2007-2010 time frame, and a good friend of mine who was also a Hornet squadron commander and Airboss afterwards just called to tell me that he heard the unedited PLAT tape with his own ears, and before ejecting the pilots says: “I’m experiencing sudden and intense chest pain as if someone hit me in the chest with a baseball bat. Fucking vaccine!” Again – even though I’d seen reporting along these lines over a week ago, I discounted it as BS. But it’s not. . . UFB!”

Matt
- boss21 February 1, 2022 at 11:27
  
  God help us if this is true.
Ralph+k February 1, 2022 at 23:07

Has anyone given thought to perhaps the F-35 was cross designed as a submersible as well? It would explain the huge cost overage.
Dana Henry February 2, 2022 at 09:30

I’ve wondered before it was speculated the pilot had a medical issue if the Chinese might have jammed it.