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F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before crash

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278 points Michelangelo11 | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 11:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.301s | source
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gukov ◴[27 Aug 25 14:54 UTC] No.45040553[source]▶
Isn’t F-35 capable of VTOL? Couldn’t they just land on the belly? Or the malfunctioning landing gears disabled VTOL?
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1. fransje26 ◴[27 Aug 25 14:59 UTC] No.45040639[source]▶
The F-35B is the VTOL variant.

The Air Force doesn't fly the F-35B, they fly the F-35A.