Congress Investigates Reports Top Secret F-35 Fighter Jet Technology Was Mistakenly Diverted to China
- Congressional investigators are probing how F-35 fighter jet parts were diverted to Hong Kong on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's watch after the shipment vanished in June while in transit from Australia to the United States.
- An intermediary transporting components from Australia to the United States "rerouted mid-Pacific," causing the parts to arrive in Hong Kong instead; it remains unclear why the diversion occurred or who controls the shipment now.
- The shipment contained an F-35 canopy, which "contains stealth technology that only the U.S. and its allies have access to," posing risks that adversaries could reverse-engineer the prized technology if they possessed it.
- Lockheed Martin insisted it "handles every shipment with the utmost diligence," while the Pentagon's F-35 Joint Program Office confirmed it is "aware of a shipment issue of unserviceable F-35 Lightning II components" and is working to retrieve them.
- Closed-Door briefings for congressional staff began in June, addressing this incident alongside broader inventory concerns; a 2023 Government Accountability Office report found more than 1 million F-35 spare parts have gone missing during the past five years.
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US Working to Retrieve Missing F-35 Stealth Fighter Parts Reportedly Diverted to Hong Kong
A Royal Australian Air Force F-35 aircraft taxis during the Australian International Airshow in Victoria, Australia, on March 3, 2017. (Jeremy R. Dixon/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. Working to Retrieve Missing F-35 Stealth Fighter Parts Reportedly Diverted to Hong Kong
(The Epoch Times)—U.S. officials are investigating after a shipment of F-35 stealth fighter parts was diverted, potentially to the Chinese territory of Hong Kong. Politico first reported on Sept. 18 that a shipment of F-35 Lightning II fighter jet components was being shipped from Australia to the United States for repairs when the parts were […] The post U.S. Working to Retrieve Missing F-35 Stealth Fighter Parts Reportedly Diverted to Hong Kon…
Shipment of F-35 parts sent from Australia to US for repairs was rerouted while crossing Pacific, according to news outlet Politico
Pentagon investigating missing F-35 spare parts lost overseas
The Pentagon is investigating how sensitive technology in the F-35 fighter jet was diverted to Hong Kong and is currently unaccounted for, raising concerns that it could have made its way into the possession of the Chinese military. The shipment of parts was intended to go from Australia to the United States and included one […]
A batch of F-35 fighter components sent to the United States unexpectedly arrived in Hong Kong during transportation. This was reported by RMF24 with reference to Politico.
A SHIPMENT of sensitive F-35 parts, including a cockpit cover with 'stealth' technology, has been diverted to Hong Kong. The incident sparked an investigation by the US Congress over espionage fears.
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