F-35 Fighter Jet Crashes In California's Fresno County: VIDEO

An F-35 fighter jet reportedly crashed in the US on Wednesday morning. The incident occurred at Naval Air Station Lemoore in central California's Fresno County, according to ABC News.

An airbase spokesperson was quoted as saying that the pilot managed to successfully eject and is safe. "There are no additional affected personnel," the airbase said in a statement.

The aircraft, an F-35C, was attached to the Strike Fighter Squadron 125, aka VFA-125 and 'Rough Raiders'.

An investigation has been launched to find out the cause of the crash.

Thick smoke could be seen at the crash site. See the video below:

🚨#BREAKING: emergency officials are on the scene after a United States military f-35 jet has crash and burst into flames

📌#Fresno | #California

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