According to traditional Chinese customs, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year is regarded as "welcoming the God of Wealth". China's Ministry of Finance in the comment area of social **, on this day once became a "wishing pool" for many people, and it was also very lively. However, on the other side of the world, on the side of the United States, it seems a little weird. The US F-35C also suddenly came to "kowtow" in the base, and the reaction of the US military afterwards showed that the losses in this matter were still small, but the problems exposed were big.
First of all, let's talk about the "kowtow" of the US military F-35C. According to a report by the American Aviation ** "Navigator", in the Helen Naval Air Station in Nevada, a US F-35C fighter plane was parked in the awning of the air station after the training. As a result, the nose landing gear suddenly failed to retract and collapsed rapidly, causing the F-35C to "kowtow" fiercely.
Later, according to the ** "WL-04" and the fuselage number "CF-89 170109" learned from the investigation, the plane involved in the accident belonged to the "311th Fighter Attack Squadron" of the Marine Corps Air Station in Mirama, California, USA.
Purely in terms of the matter itself, it is a simple mechanical failure problem, and the landing gear of the aircraft is basically a hydraulic structure. The reason for "kowtowing" is either the failure of the control valve or the problem of the production process. This is quite common in the accidents of US military aircraft in recent years, and we have mentioned it many times, and it is basically the result of decades of "deindustrialization" in the United States. On the Air Force, the Navy has been greatly affected.
However, this time the loss is secondary, and the real fatal problem is still to come. Why?
There was no news from the US side about the "kowtow" incident this time, or in other words, the US military did not give any explanation as soon as the news appeared. However, the whistleblower, that is, the "Aeronautist", obtained a close-up, unblurred close-up picture. So much so that the number and ** can be checked. What does this mean? 1, is the problem of weak sense of confidentiality; One is that the problem of discipline in the army is severe.
This kind of military is "covering its mouth" and leaking secrets from people below is not the first time that the US military has happened. At the end of January 2022, when the US aircraft carrier "Carl Vinson" was carrying out the "Freedom Route" mission in the South China Sea, the US aircraft F-35C failed to land and plunged into the sea, giving the United States a cold sweat. After all, China has far more power at its disposal in the South China Sea than the United States. If this F-35C is salvaged by China, the consequences for the United States will be unimaginable. Then, the Pentagon's first response was to carry out radio control processing to prevent the personnel on the aircraft carrier from leaking the information.
As a result, the next day, the news that the F-35C fell into the South China Sea spread all over the world, and even the landing failure and the complete ** into the sea were there. Later, after half a month of investigation, I learned that it was caused by a second lieutenant, a senior sergeant and three sergeants on the "Carl Vinson" aircraft carrier, who uploaded the ship's surveillance ** to the Internet.
It can be said that, in contrast to the trend of "deindustrialization," which is a foregone conclusion and powerless to change, lax military discipline and lack of a sense of secrecy are the real fatal problems. The former can last at least more than ten years, and the latter may be "fatal" if it hits a major event.