{"id":22941,"date":"2021-03-26T14:50:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T14:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/03\/26\/marine-f-35b-damaged-by-exploding-round-for-corps-first-aviation-class-a-mishap-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:40:40","slug":"marine-f-35b-damaged-by-exploding-round-for-corps-first-aviation-class-a-mishap-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2021\/03\/26\/marine-f-35b-damaged-by-exploding-round-for-corps-first-aviation-class-a-mishap-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"F-35B damaged by its own round exploding in first Marine aviation class A mishap this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Marine Corps F-35B<\/a> flying out of the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, was damaged in early March when one of its rounds exploded while the plane was conducting a gunnery evaluation, according to a report from the Naval Safety Center.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a night mission a 25 mm PGU-32\/U SAPHEI-T round, designed to take out soft and light armored targets, exploded, damaging the aircraft\u2019s fuselage<\/a>, according to the Naval Safety Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn March 12, an F-35B aircraft <\/a>conducting a night time close air support mission at MCAS Yuma experienced a mishap,\u201d Capt. Andrew Wood, a spokesman for headquarters Marine Corps confirmed to Marine Corps Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe mishap did not result in any injury to personnel and an investigation of the incident is currently taking place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t