F35 Joint Strike Fighter bursts into flames during mid-air training flight causing $2million damage

The Marine Corps is probing fire that damaged an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter[CN]

海军陆战队正在调查F-35B联合攻击战斗机的起火原因。

The fire erupted last month during a flight above a training base in Beaufort, South Carolina[CN]

上个月在北卡罗莱纳的博福尔训练基地，飞机试飞时发生大火。

Investigators are examining why the fire spread into the warplane's weapons bay[CN]

调查人员正在调查火灾蔓延到战斗机武器舱的原因。

The damage to the aircraft is believed to be at least $2million 
[CN]

据信，该次飞机至少损失2百万美金。

The F-35 Lightning II stealth multirole fighter (seen above) is the latest generation of warplanes manufactured by American defense contractor Lockheed Martin[CN]

F-35闪电II隐形多用途战斗机（见上图），是最新一代的战斗机，由美国国防承包商 - 洛克希德·马丁制造。

The US military has experienced a number of mishaps in its rollout of the new stealth fighter, which estimates have as costing approximately $100million per plane[CN]

美国军队在最先推出新型隐形战斗机中遭受了很多的小灾难，每辆飞机约花费约1亿美元。

The United States military is investigating a fire that erupted during a mid-air training flight of one of its latest generation fighter jets.[CN]

美国军队正在调查新生代战斗机在空中训练中出现火灾的原因。

The Marine Corps is trying to figure out what caused the fire to ignite on an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter aircraft that took off from a base in Beaufort, South Carolina, last month, Military.com reported on Monday.[CN]

海军陆战队试图找出招致F-35B联合攻击战斗机起火的原因。据Military.com周一报道，此次事故发生在北卡罗莱纳博福特的训练基地。

Investigators want to know why the fire spread into the warplane's weapons bay during a training mission.[CN]

调查人员想搞清楚训练过程中，究竟是什么导致了火灾在战斗机武器舱的蔓延。

'The aircraft landed safely and there were no injuries sustained,' a Marine Corps spokesperson said.
[CN]

飞机安全着陆，没有人员伤亡，海军陆战队发言人说道。

'An investigation is ongoing and we will provide updates as they are available.'

The damage to the plane is estimated to run at least $2million, according to Military.com.

The Beaufort base is home to the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, a fleet consisting of 20 F-35B aircraft.

The Marines are preparing to deploy their first operational squadron of F-35B fighters in Japan beginning in January.

It is expected to be placed into circulation during the corps' flight sorties throughout the Pacific the following year.

The F-35 Lightning II stealth multirole fighter is the latest generation of warplanes manufactured by American defense contractor Lockheed Martin.

The F-35B models are capable of short take offs and vertical landings.

These new aircraft are being earmarked for the Marine Corps, which plans on introducing them into service and concurrently phasing out the F/A-18 Hornet and the AV-8B Harrier II.

The US military has experienced a number of mishaps in its rollout of the new stealth fighter.

This past September, an F-35A preparing for a training mission at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho caught on fire just before take off, Defense Tech reported.

During that same month, mechanical failures forced officials to temporarily ground 10 F-35 jets just one month after they were deemed 'combat ready.'

The moratorium in flight operations came 'due to the discovery of peeling and crumbling insulation in avionics cooling lines inside the fuel tanks,' the Air Force said in a statement.