Why did an F-35 fall out of the sky and explode in Alaska? Ice made it think it was on the ground.

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Air Force F-35A over Alaska
Two F-35As over the Alaska-Canada Highway en route to their new home with the 354th Fighter Wing at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, April 21, 2020.

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A brand-new F-35 crashed into a New Mexico hillside while flying from a Lockheed Martin facility to a US airbase

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An F-35 Lightning stealth jet performs a flypast during the commissioning ceremony for 809 Naval Air Squadron at RAF Marham in King's Lynn in Norfolk.
An F-35 Lightning stealth jet performs a flypast during the commissioning ceremony for 809 Naval Air Squadron at RAF Marham in King's Lynn in Norfolk.

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