The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan transits the South China Sea with the guided missile destroyer USS Halsey and the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh in the Strait of Malacca, June 18, 2021. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rawad Madanat)
(AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS) – The United States Navy recovered an F-35C from the South China Sea on Wednesday after it crashed during routine flight operations earlier this year.
According to a press release from the Commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, the fleet’s Task Force (CTF) 75 and Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) “successfully retrieved the F-35C Lightning II aircraft.”
The aircraft was recovered from a depth of around 12,400 feet by a team from CTF 75 and the NAVSEA’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), which worked from the diving support construction vessel Picasso.
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