Air Force F-35 crashes near Las Vegas, pilot survives with minor injuries

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U.S. Air Force officials confirmed 1 aviator is injured aft an F-35 combatant pitchy crashed Tuesday northbound of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Nellis Air Force Base Public Affairs told Fox News Digital the craft crashed astir 25 miles northeast of Indian Springs, Nevada, wrong the controlled airspace and restricted national spot of the Nevada Test & Training Range.

The aviator is harmless and being treated for insignificant injuries, officials said.

A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II assigned to 48th Fighter Wing RAF, Lakenheath, U.K., lands during workout BAANA 2024 connected Hosio Highway strip, Ranua, Finland, Sept. 4, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photograph by Airman 1st Class Tabatha Chapman)

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Emergency responders are astatine the scene.

It is unclear what led to the crash, arsenic of Tuesday afternoon.

The Nellis Air Force Base said populated areas were not impacted.

An F-35A is seen approaching connected a formation enactment astatine Eglin Air Force Base successful Florida

A U.S. airmen watches an Air Force F-35 Lightning II associated onslaught combatant craft attack for the archetypal clip connected July 14, 2011, astatine Eglin Air Force Base successful Florida. (Samuel King Jr./U.S. Air Force)

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"The information of our unit and the assemblage stay our apical priority," a spokesperson told Fox Digital.

An F-35A Lightning II craft assigned to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, prepares to beryllium refueled by a 459th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker during a formation to Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria, April 28, 2017. (U.S. Air Force)

The Air Force did not instantly respond to further inquiries from Fox News Digital.

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