FAT AMY DOWN.
Sometimes, life imitates art. It is a scenario right out of a Cold War thriller novel . The United States Navy has managed to lose one its brand new stealth fighters in the South China Sea. Now, the race is on to locate and retrieve what remains of the aircraft. On January 24, an F-35C Lightning II suffered a " landing mishap " after returning to the flight deck of the U.S.S. Carl Vinson. While similar incidents have happened in the past with both a Royal Navy F-35 B and Japanese F-35A; both those incidents happened in "friendly" waters. This latest mishap occurred uncomfortably close to Chinese territory. Complicating matters further is the how intact the USN F-35C appears to be in leaked pictures from the incident. Needless to say, the People's Liberation Army Navy would be more than happy to "assist" the USN in "recovering" its newest, state of the art, still mostly classified, stealth fighter. This would not...