A bird beat up a Marine Corps F-35B in Japan

Jafar Aghadadashov
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A Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighter was recently forced to abort take-off after a surprise bird strike, Report informs citing TASS.

The pilots immediately stopped taking off, no one was hurt as a result of the incident. Nevertheless, an initial assessment of the incident identified this as a Class A mishap, meaning that the $115 million aircraft suffered more than $2 million in damage.

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