Leaked Video From the F-35 Crash on the USS Carl Vinson

Dogbound · #11 ● 02-14-2022, 10:26 PM

LOL... If they get caught.
That was horrible! Its during the day with what looks like calm seas and the pilot still fucked it up. I was on the USS Camden LKA115 and at NAS Lemoore. Landing at night during rough seas is the hardest.

100% whoever made this video got caught the day it surfaced. They even talk halfway through it haha, either they got found out by now or the whole company is hating their lives

Azimuth · #12 ● 02-14-2022, 10:44 PM

I thought they were still looking for whoever leaked the video?

Azimuth · #13 ● 02-15-2022, 08:56 AM

7 Feb 2022
Military.com | By Konstantin Toropin
The Navy has confirmed that the dramatic video of a F-35C Lightning II fighter crashing onto the USS Carl Vinson that began circulating on Reddit and Twitter on Sunday is genuine.

It's the third unauthorized release of media surrounding the Jan. 24 crash that injured seven people, including the pilot.

The video appears to have been shot with a mobile phone and shows roughly one minute's worth of crash footage playing on a desktop computer over two clips. In the footage, an F-35 fighter can be seen approaching the deck of the carrier before striking the deck and proceeding to skid along its belly and side.

A landing signal officer can be heard shouting, "Wave off, wave off" -- an order to abort the landing attempt -- just before the plane strikes the flight deck. As the plane skids along the entire flight deck of the carrier, its belly engulfed in flames, it appears the pilot ejects a few seconds before the plane slides overboard.

According to the time stamp on the video, the crash occurred at 4:31 p.m. local time.

"We are aware that there has been an unauthorized release of video footage from flight deck cameras onboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) of the F-35C Lightning II crash that occurred Jan. 24, in the South China Sea," Cmdr. Zach Harrell, a Navy spokesman, confirmed to Military.com in an email.

"There is an ongoing investigation into both the crash and the unauthorized release of the shipboard video footage," he added in his statement."

**Hunted** · #14 ● 02-18-2022, 03:14 PM

Navy Times 17Feb2022

Ensign and four chiefs charged for leaking F-35 crash video

A Navy officer and four senior enlisted leaders are facing non-judicial punishment in connection to the leak of shipboard video footage showing the harrowing Jan. 24 crash of an F-35C Lightning II jet on the deck of the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson while the ship was deployed to the South China Sea.

The video shows the jet hitting the deck, catching fire and then sliding the length of the carrier before falling into the sea.

A Navy ensign, a senior chief and three chiefs have all been charged with failure to obey an order under Article 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Naval Air Forces spokesman Cmdr. Zach Harrell declined to identify the accused or confirm where their cases are in the legal process.

While the investigation into the leaked video is complete, the investigation into the crash remains ongoing, Harrell said.

The Navy has yet to salvage the wreckage. Seven sailors were injured in the mishap, including the pilot who ejected.