An F-35 Lightning II crashed Tuesday afternoon during a scheduled training event at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, causing a massive fireball and spreading debris not far from the fence line, a video verified as authentic by officials showed.
Video footage of the crash began circulating online Tuesday and showed the F-35 plummeting to the ground as the pilot slowly floated in the air in a parachute. The incident happened around 12:49 p.m. local time.
The pilot safely landed and was transported to Bassett Army Community Hospital in Fairbanks for more attention, the 354th Fighter Wing said in a news release.
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Video footage of the crash began circulating online Tuesday and showed the F-35 plummeting to the ground as the pilot slowly floated in the air in a parachute. The incident happened around 12:49 p.m. local time.
The pilot safely landed and was transported to Bassett Army Community Hospital in Fairbanks for more attention, the 354th Fighter Wing said in a news release.
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Video Shows Air Force F-35 Fighter Exploding in Fireball at Eielson Base in Alaska
An F-35 Lightning II crashed during a scheduled training event at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, causing a massive fireball and spreading debris not far from the fence line, a video verified as authentic by officials showed.
The pilot got out! 
