An F-35C approached the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson about two weeks after a similar aircraft crashed while making a wheels-up landing on the carrier.
Credit: Seaman Apprentice Joshua Sapien/U.S. Navy
Jan. 24, 2022, was the last day of flight operations for the USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea as the supercarrier’s leadership met to plan the return to San Diego and to recap a successful cruise. Then the crash happened. Two Lockheed Martin F-35Cs were coming in for the last recovery of the...
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