F35 Crash | F-35C Crashes Near A Central California Naval Station, Pilot Ejects

F35 Crash | F-35C Crashes Near A Central California Naval Station, Pilot Ejects A pilot was safe after an F-35C fighter jet crashed near a central California naval installation on Wednesday, officials said. Authorities received a report that a military jet had crashed and was engulfed in flames around 6:40 p.m., the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post. Responding deputies, firefighters, California Highway Patrol officers, and EMS personnel found the wreckage in a cotton field just north of Naval Air Station Lemoore.