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MilitaryNavy Launches F-35 Recovery Efforts Following ‘Landing Mishap’
The U.S. Navy has launched a salvage operation in the South China Sea in an attempt to retrieve a F-35C that went down into the South China Sea during a “landing mishap” earlier this week.
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