An F-35 in Texas crashed at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth on Thursday morning, with the pilot successfully ejecting from the aircraft.
"The call was that a military aircraft had crashed on the base, it’s on their perimeter side of the fence, and that the pilot had ejected," Cook said.
"We are aware of the F-35B crash on the shared runway at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth and understand that the pilot ejected successfully," Lockheed Martin said in a statement."Safety is our priority, and we will follow appropriate investigation protocol."
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