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

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.