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

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278 points Michelangelo11 | 3 comments | 27 Aug 25 11:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.631s | 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. Sharlin ◴[27 Aug 25 15:05 UTC] No.45040726[source]▶
No. F-35A is conventional take-off and landing. F-35B is STOVL. F-35C is CATOBAR (catapult take-off, arrestor landing).
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2. rswail ◴[27 Aug 25 15:23 UTC] No.45040970[source]▶
Army, Marines, Navy?
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3. Sharlin ◴[27 Aug 25 16:14 UTC] No.45041631[source]▶
Air Force. The Army doesn't operate the F-35.