Neithe­r milita­ry nor local offici­als offer a cause for the crashA US military F-35B fighter jet crashed near the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina just before noon local time (1600 GMT) on Friday, local law officials and the US military said. US B-52s fly over South and East China SeasThe jet that crashed was a Lockheed Martin F-35B, a short take-off/vertical landing version, said a US military official, speaking on condition of anonymity. Neither military nor local officials immediately offered a cause for the crash. Pompeo assured US won’t block Pakistan’s bid to seek IMF bailout: Fawad ChaudhryUnder the new contract signed on Friday, the next deliveries of F-35B jets will cost about $115 million each, military officials told Reuters. The F-35B is the most expensive of three variants of the F-35, which also include the F-35A conventional take-off and landing version, and the F-35C, used aboard aircraft carriers.

Source: The Express Tribune September 29, 2018 09:33 UTC