Congress Investigates Reports Top Secret F-35 Fighter Jet Technology Was Mistakenly Diverted to China
Congressional investigators are seeking how F-35 components with classified stealth technology vanished, as the Pentagon works to retrieve the shipment and review safeguards.
- 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)
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.
JUST IN: US is investigating missing sensitive F-35 fighter jet technology after a shipment was rerouted to Hong Kong earlier this summer
A shipment of F-35 components being sent from Australia to the United States for repairs was redirected while crossing the Pacific Ocean. Then, it completely vanished.US Congress and the Department of War are investigating the possibility that China...
The U.S. Congress opened an investigation into an incident involving the mistaken shipment of F-35 fighter components to the Special Administrative Region of China, reported the newspaper Politico. The Pentagon contractor mistakenly sent components for American F-35 Lightning II fighter fighter aircraft to Hong Kong, transferred TASS with reference to Politico. The facilitator was involved in transporting cargo for the benefit of the American Lo…
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