Thank you kbrockman for posting the pictures- she looks "well-done" indeed. Actually I am surprised with a fire burning that hot and so deep, the fire did not spread to the rest of the aircraft, and all we would normally see is a burnt out blob in the rough outline of a F-35 on the runway. I seem to recall she was about to fly, so would likely have had a good amount of fuel aboard. Wonder how quick the foam/fire trucks were on scene.
Could this say anything positive (not sure we are allowed to say anything postive about the jet in this thread
) about fire not spreading to fuel tanks and other structures? Not trying to downplay the engine fire and problem at all, but the logs books are full of ramp fires for many aircraft types, and it often results in a total burn out- not a partially burnt aircraft still sitting on it's gear.