Daily Mail: Air Force Major General FAINTS in the middle of a press briefing about $120bn F-35 fighter program
* US Air Force General James Martin Jr, 52, was talking about future of F-35 program when he passed out
* Aides rushed to official's side, offered him water and brought in a chair
* His subordinate took over the briefing, joking with reporters: 'That's what the F-35 would do to ya'
* It later emerged Martin was suffering from the flu or a cold
* He was taken to a hospital as a precaution and returned to work Wednesday
A Pentagon press briefing discussing the Air Force's $120billion budget took a tragicomic turn when a high-ranking official fainted at the podium - and the entire incident was caught on camera.
US Air Force General James Martin Jr, 52, was talking about the future of the F-35 program when suddenly he started to slump forward on Tuesday, dipping his head beneath the dais.
While subordinates who rushed to help Martin joked that he fainted after reading the budget, it was later revealed that he had been suffering from the flu.
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WNU Editor: I suspect that the General worked non-stop for a day or two before the press briefing .... and it caught up to him. But talk about bad timing.
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The woman on the left just whispered in his ear "I'm having our baby!".
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