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UK recovers crashed F-35B from sea

by Gareth Jennings

A United Kingdom Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning combat aircraft that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea has been recovered, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 8 December.

The MoD provided no details of the recovery operation, except to say that “operations to recover the UK F-35 jet in the Mediterranean Sea have successfully concluded”. The ministry added that it had received support during the recovery operation from the United States and Italy, but did not elaborate on the nature of that support.

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