A F-35 combat plane of the US Navy crashed near the Lemoore air base (NAS), in the center of California, this Wednesday. The pilot managed to eject successfully And it is safe, as confirmed by a statement and no others affected were recorded.
“The pilot eject successfully and is safe. There are no additional personnel affected,” the institution said. The incident was recorded at 18:30 (local time), when the aircraft “It rushed near the air station”in a field close to avenues West Cadillac and South Dickinsonin Fresno County.
The accident caused a Pastive fire In the impact zone, which by the 19:55 USed of the US had already consumed about 40 meters, according to reports from the California Fire Protection Department (Cal Fire).
USA: A Navy plane crashed and its pilot managed to eject
The cause of the accident remains under investigationthe Navy reported, without giving more details about the state of the aircraft and the circumstances prior to the impact.
The Lemoore Naval Air Stationlocated at some 60 kilometers south of Fresnoit is a strategic operating center for the combat aviation of the Navy on the west coast of the United States.
He F-35 can fly during More than 12 hours without refueling and reach any point of the northern hemisphere In a single mission. Is designed to operate in High threat environments and combine Purtive technology, Integrated sensors and Multiple capacities.
These possibilities allow you to execute missions of aerial superiority, Earth attack, recognition and Electronic War. It’s a fifth generationused by the Air Forcethe Marine and the US Marines Bodyas well as for the Armed Forces of allied countries.
US takes the growth path and GDP rises 3% in the second quarter
He Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United States registered an expansion of 3% intertrystral Between April and June, as reported on Thursday the Economic Analysis Office (BEA). The data positively surprised the market, when it was located above the 2.5% planned by analysts and after a contraction of 0.5% in the first quarter of the year.
The rebound was explained mainly by A drop in imports —What subtract in the calculation of GDP – and for an increase in consumer expensethe traditional engine of the American economy. These improvements, however, were partially compensated by a decrease in private investment and exports.
Source: Ambito
