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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Madeline Sherratt

RARE PHOTOS: Stealth fighter jet pilot forced to eject as 100m aircraft crashes in rural california - The Real Truth

A U.S. Navy stealth fighter pilot was forced to eject from a $100 million F-35C Lightning II jet moments before the plane slammed into a California cotton field, say officials.

Plumes of black smoke were seen blowing across a field at around 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, after Fresno County officials said they received a report of a military jet “engulfed in flames.”

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