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The F35 was able to make an emergency landing in a gulf country. This one actually went down in Iran.


I’m not sure a plane can be landed when the crew ejected.


Assuming you're both referring to the events of 19 March, they did not eject from the F-35. I know of no event during this war where an F-35 crew ejected.


It can, that's part of why these newer planes cost billions of dollars per unit. Assuming the plane is still controllable though. Usually in that case you wouldn't eject, but its technically possible. There was a case where a US pilot ejected on accident and their plane landed itself.


> emergency landing

https://preview.redd.it/f35-i-shot-down-in-iran-v0-0gdyroc4o....

I think it's ok to say that it crashed into the ground but the pilot survived.

With 'emergency landing' people assume it was just a rough landing whereas the plane here is completely and utterly broken.


As an aviator, that right there counts as an emergency landing. A hard one.

They limped it back home, they didn’t ditch a very sensitive airframe over enemy territory, I’d call that a win and the pilot deserves a medal for that.


I don't know if you noticed but that's not a US F-35 (whole image is probably fake tbh) and the reddit post is from 2025.


Nop I didn't, assumed it was right since the reddit post where it was shown had many upvotes.

Thanks for pointing it out.


You should at least share an image of f35...


Source of that image though.. ?


An AI prompt in June 2025.




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