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F-35 fighter jet crashes in California, Navy says

An F-35 fighter jet crashed at Naval Air Station Lemoore in central California on Wednesday, the Navy confirmed.

​An F-35 fighter jet crashed at Naval Air Station Lemoore in central California on Wednesday, the Navy confirmed.   

The pilot was able to eject safely, officials said.

An F-35 fighter jet crashed at Naval Air Station Lemoore in central California on Wednesday, the Navy confirmed.

“The pilot successfully ejected and is safe. There are no additional affected personnel,” NAS Lemoore said in a statement.

An F-35B fighter aircraft crashed Wednesday at Naval Air Station Lemoore in central California, the Navy said.KFSN

At 4:30 local time, an “F-35C attached to the VFA-125 ‘Rough Raiders’ went down not far from NAS Lemoore,” the statement continued.

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The cause of the incident is under investigation.

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