

The senior chief told investigators that video and photos were circulating in the smoke pit and recalled Miller, the CO, going on the ship’s intercom to instruct anyone with footage of the mishap to share it with Strike Fighter Squadron 147. 2, the hunt was on for who was sharing the illicit footage. ‘The last we will hear or talk about the F-35 crash’īy Feb. “I wish I hadn’t asked her for the video,” the senior chief said.


“I learned about all the stuff being leaked and then the pictures popped up on social media, so I said let me go ahead and delete it,” she recalled.Ī few days later, the chief yeoman approached the senior chief and asked if she had shared the footage. The chief yeoman said she also later deleted the video. One of them warned “not to share that because people are idiots,” and the senior chief said she soon deleted her crash stash, according to the report. The senior chief soon proceeded to show the video to her two master chiefs.
