The Navy recovered an F-35C Lightning II jet from the South China Sea that crashed on the USS Carl Vinson and landed in the water in January.
The wreckage was recovered from a depth of approximately 12,400-feet by a team from CTF 75 [Commander, Task Force 75] and the NAVSEA’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving embarked on the diving support construction vessel Picasso.for deep-sea salvages of depths up to 20,000 feet, “attached specialized rigging and lift lines to the aircraft,” the statement says.
The aircraft recovery ensures the technology will not fall into the hands of Communist China and Russia – countries that could have replicated the craft or gathered clues as to how to combat them, USNI reported. “While the Navy did not specify where the recovery operations occurred, the Japan Coast Guard issued a notice to mariners in late January warning of salvage operations about 170 miles west of the Philippine island of Luzon.” according to the outlet.
The F-35C will be transported to a close-by military installation in a continuation of the ongoing investigation and will be “After the incident in late January, leaked footage of the crash surfaced, which was corroborated by the Navy, Breitbart News
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