An Air Force F-35 fighter jet crashed at a base in Alaska, but the pilot was able to parachute to safety, all of it caught on ...

The pilot declared an emergency and ejected before the plane went down Tuesday afternoon, military officials said.

An F-35 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska on Tuesday, but the pilot was safe after bailing out, base officials said.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A U.S. Air Force pilot was reported to be safe after a single-seat F-35 fighter jet crashed ... told a news conference. The plane crashed during the landing phase of the ...

With all the problems and delays facing the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II ... Air Force – the F-35A – to be the cheapest of the plane's three variants, at $148 million.

The US military designed the F-35 to fill roles for the Air Force, Marines, and Navy. US taxpayers could be on the hook for $1.7 trillion over the lifetime of the ambitious and versatile F-35 fleet.