UK calls on US for help in search for RAF F35 stealth jet in race against Russia

The Daily Mirror says The US have been called in to help find and salvage a downed fighter jet that crashed into the Mediterranean, it is reported.

The Royal Navy is reportedly working with the Americans to recover the stricken £100 million UK warplane that saw its pilot eject from the aircraft.

Elsewhere it was reported that Russia is now paying ‘close attention’ to the UK’s flagship aircraft carrier in the region.

The pilot was part of the UK’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier strike force, which was practising for war.

It is believed the pilot is recovering and back on the ship following the crash which happened at 10am on Wednesday.

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