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title: "F-35 Has Crashed At Hill Air Force Base (Updated)"
date: "2022-10-19"
modified: "2022-10-19"
authors:
  - name: "Howard Altman"
    job_title: "Senior Staff Writer"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/howard-altman.md"
url: "https://www.twz.com/f-35-has-crashed-at-hill-air-force-base"
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  - "Americas"
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  - "Fighters"
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tags:
  - "Crash"
  - "F-35"
---

# F-35 Has Crashed At Hill Air Force Base (Updated)

![Crash F-35 Hill AFB](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20/GettyImages-1063587008.jpeg>)
*(Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)*

An F-35 from the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base in Utah crashed at the north end of the runway, according to the wing.

The pilot ejected and emergency crews are responding.

https://twitter.com/388fw/status/1582893659044708352

https://twitter.com/itschappy/status/1582889706638831616?s=20&t=FUPx-axnVHrYGC6jwwKQeQ

The wing provided no additional details in its tweet. We have reached out to them for further information and will update this story when it comes in.

![](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20/Screen-Shot-2022-10-19-at-5.51.52-PM.png>)
*Hill AFB (Google Earth)*

![](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20/Screen-Shot-2022-10-19-at-5.52.07-PM.png>)
*The northern end of Hill AFB's runway where the crash occurred. (Google Earth)*

Hill AFB [hosts the largest collection of F-35s](<https://www.twz.com/31743/hill-air-force-base-executes-the-mother-of-all-elephant-walks-with-52-f-35s.md>) and supports a number of [weapons evaluation, training, and test](<https://www.twz.com/40614/fox-3-inside-the-air-forces-live-air-to-air-missile-shoots.md>) activities that include other aircraft. It is also a major logistical depot for r[efurbishing and upgrading multiple types](<https://www.twz.com/29234/check-out-this-naked-thunderbird-f-16c-taking-off-from-hill-afbs-taxiway.md>) of aircraft in the Pentagon's inventory as well as executing a number of other critical functions for the USAF.

This is a developing story. We will update it when more information is available.

*Contact the author: howard*@*thewarzone.com*

***Update 9:32 PM EST:***

"As far as we know, the pilot is ok and has been taken to be evaluated," Micah Garbarino, a spokesman for the 388th Fighter Wing, told *The War Zone*.

***Update 9:56 PM EST:***

https://twitter.com/388fw/status/1582911313453674496

***Update 3:10 AM EST:***

Local CBS affiliate [KUTV states](<https://kutv.com/>) that base officials credit the pilot with steering the F-35 towards an unpopulated area before punching out and quoted Colonel Craig Andrle, 388th Fighter Wing Commander as stating the following:

"Flying military aircraft is a risky business that we all accept when we go do it... First and foremost, we’re thankful that he’s okay, he got out of the aircraft. We’re thankful that nobody on the ground was injured."

A fire caused by the crash has been extinguished and a hazmat response is underway. Most aircraft are full of toxic materials that can be dangerous when burned, but an F-35 is even more so, with its [radar-absorbent skin](<https://www.twz.com/4729/the-toxic-death-paint-scheme-was-the-f-117-nighthawks-most-outrageous.md>). Any parts of the aircraft scattered as a result of the crash can also be technologically sensitive in nature and must be recovered if possible.

## Author
Howard is a Senior Staff Writer for *TWZ*. He writes frequently about conflict, focusing heavily on the Middle East and Ukraine, and interviews with military and intelligence officials and industry leaders from around the globe. He lives near Tampa, Florida, home of U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command.

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