According to a report from the US Marine Corps, at around 10 a.m. local time on July 31, a US Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighter crashed near Miramar Airport in California, and the pilot was taken to a medical institution for treatment. Zhang Wei, director of the Aeronautical Society of China, analyzed that as can be seen from the images on the scene, the US F-35B fighter was in a vertical landing state at the time of the accident. The pilot should have encountered technical problems during the landing stage, and only then chose to abandon the plane to escape. Zhang Wei said that the F-35B is a special aircraft for the US Marines and has a unique secret for “vertical take-off and landing,” but this uniqueness also makes its system very complicated, especially during the take-off and landing stage, and it is easy to cause losses if it fails. Zhang Wei said that the accident that occurred on the 31st did not explain the disadvantages of a vertical take-off and landing fighter such as the F-35B; it only had to pay for technological development and related risks when choosing a different technical path.

According to a report from the US Marine Corps, at around 10 a.m. local time on July 31, a US Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighter crashed near Miramar Airport in California, and the pilot was taken to a medical institution for treatment. Zhang Wei, director of the Aeronautical Society of China, analyzed that as can be seen from the images on the scene, the US F-35B fighter was in a vertical landing state at the time of the accident. The pilot should have encountered technical problems during the landing stage, and only then chose to abandon the plane to escape. Zhang Wei said that the F-35B is a special aircraft for the US Marines and has a unique secret for “vertical take-off and landing,” but this uniqueness also makes its system very complicated, especially during the take-off and landing stage, and it is easy to cause losses if it fails. Zhang Wei said that the accident that occurred on the 31st did not explain the disadvantages of a vertical take-off and landing fighter such as the F-35B; it only had to pay for technological development and related risks when choosing a different technical path.