An F-35 Lightning II fighter jet that went down at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks in January crashed after attempts to fix frozen landing gear left the plane uncontrollable, according to an Air ...

Ice in the landing gear caused the crash of an F-35 at Eielson Air Force Base in January, according to a new military report released this week. The pilot declared an emergency and ejected prior to ...

A F-35 pilot spent 50 minutes on a conference call mid-air with engineers to solve a problem with a $200 million jet before it plummeted onto the runway at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, forcing ...

The U.S. Air Force attributed the crash of an F-35 on the runway at Eielson Air Force Base in January to water that froze in the landing gear struts. The F-35A operated out of Eielson AFB by the 355th ...

Credit: U.S. Air Force Hydraulic fluid contaminated with water froze inside an F-35A’s landing gear, ultimately causing the jet to crash after the pilot ejected in a Jan. 28, 2025, mishap, according ...