A new F-35B Lightning fighter jet takes off from the deck of the United Kingdom's new aircraft carrier, The HMS Queen Elizabeth at sea in the Atlantic Ocean off the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast, on September 27, 2018. [Photo: VCG]
The U.S. Department of Defense said Thursday it is suspending all F-35 fighter jet operations after an F-35B jet crashed last month.
![A new F-35B Lightning fighter jet takes off from the deck of the United Kingdom's new aircraft carrier, The HMS Queen Elizabeth at sea in the Atlantic Ocean off the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast, on September 27, 2018. [Photo: VCG]](http://img3.zhytuku.china.com/images/zhycms_chinaplus/20181011/0b891474-1359-4aed-bcba-7b561ad54c24.jpg?x-oss-process=image/resize,w_650)
