An F-35 went down 25 miles northeast of Indian Springs, contained in the NTTR. In response to the U.S. Air Pressure, the pilot ejected safely and was handled for minor accidents.
A U.S. Air Pressure F-35A Lightning II fighter jet crashed throughout a mission over the Nevada Take a look at & Coaching Vary (NTTR) on Mar. 31, 2026. The U.S. Air Pressure confirmed in a press release that the pilot ejected safely and is being handled for minor accidents.
Preliminary stories emerged on social media famous the departure of an HH-60W Jolly Inexperienced II helicopter from Nellis Air Pressure Base, Nevada, reportedly responding to a downed pilot at a crash website.
“STING is inbound to the crash website”.
— Mickey (@Airsquad9) March 31, 2026
Radio listeners additionally added that the helicopter launched twice with a RESCUE callsign, responding to an plane crash. In addition they talked about a flight, with callsign GRAVE, relaying details about an inflight emergency which noticed the plane being “uncontrollable below 150 kts.”
I’ve been monitoring this all afternoon. AF RESCUE500 has departed Nellis twice in the direction of the potential crash space for the reason that preliminary Plane Crash incident report (since up to date to “Medical Emergency”).@CCFOC1 initially caught GRAVE4 on his scanner with an IFE. GRAVE1 was… pic.twitter.com/8DVVbrxPmm
— Parker A. (@Parker_008) March 31, 2026
We are able to’t independently verify if the plane struggling this inflight emergency was the F-35 that crashed. The official causes of the incident are presently unknown and an investigation has seemingly been already launched.
On March thirty first 2026, a United States Air Pressure F-35A Lightning II crashed throughout a routine coaching mission over the Nevada Take a look at and Coaching Vary north of Nellis AFB.
The pilot efficiently ejected utilizing the Martin-Baker US16E Ejection Seat.#engineeringforlife pic.twitter.com/6uIBTuBwgw
— Martin-Baker (@MB_EjectEject) April 1, 2026
The assertion supplied to information retailers by Nellis AFB’s 57th Wing, which oversees the NTTR and the models headquartered there, confirms that the F-35 belongs to the bottom. “The incident occurred roughly 25 miles northeast of Indian Springs, Nevada, throughout the managed airspace and restricted federal property of the Nevada Take a look at & Coaching Vary,” provides the assertion, with “no impression to populated areas.”
The placement talked about within the assertion would put the crash website on the mountain ranges northeast of Creech Air Pressure Base, which is sort of immediately throughout Indian Springs, with solely a freeway separating them.
