Paul Townsend, commander of the 354th Fighter Wing. The aircraft went down during the landing phase of the flight, Townsend said at a news conference. The pilot declared an inflight emergency ...
An $80 million F-35 fighter jet was destroyed in an explosion on Tuesday after it crashed into Alaska's Eielson Air Force ...
The crash occurred just before 1 p.m. local time within the fence line of Eielson Air Force Base, about 25 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, according to 354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs.