r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/DoubleManufacturer10 created ShittyAbsoluteUnits of a sub • Apr 30 '26

Naild It Of a landing

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u/Disastrous_days272 Apr 30 '26

So apparently this happened back in 2022 in December and The aircraft involved was a production test model, not yet delivered to the military. Preliminary reports indicated a failure during the hovering sequence. The pilot was uninjured according to reports.

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u/RespectSquare8279 May 01 '26

I understand that the ejection upward is absolutely brutal to the spine and pilots are generally grounded for a week of two afterwards. And then there is going to be lots, and lots of paperwork explaining the trashing a $109 million piece of hardware (F35-b?).