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2023-09-18 -Land of the Free

F-35 jet reported missing by authorities after pilot ejects during 'mishap': Officials

[FoxNews] U.S. military officials are searching for a missing F-35 jet after a "mishap" caused its pilot to eject on Sunday afternoon.

Joint Base Charleston said on Facebook that the aircraft was a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II belonging to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. The pilot ejected safely and was transported to a local medical center.

Oh, thank goodness.

The base is working with Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort to help locate the missing aircraft. Emergency response teams have been deployed to find the jet.

"Based on the jet’s last-known position and in coordination with the FAA, we are focusing our attention north of JB Charleston, around Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion," Joint Base Charleston said in a statement on Facebook.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-18 00:05|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 ...This happened about ninety miles from me - it looks like he was fairly close to JB CHarleston when some truly horrendous weather came in (it flooded us out an hour or two before) and something happened. What ain't exactly clear, but he had enough time to secure things and get out under fairly controlled conditions. He came down literally in someone's backyard and got help.

The location of the airframe, however, is another matter entirely. Lakes Moultrie and Marion have got some genuinely deep spots, and if the bird came down in one of those, it's going to take a while to find it.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-09-18 06:04|| 2023-09-18 06:04|| Front Page Top

#2 When I was a kid, it was an annual rite to stop at the Wings and Wheels museum near Santee on the way to the beach.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-18 07:18|| 2023-09-18 07:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Missing F-35 jet may have carried on flying in 'zombie state' as officials reveal $100m Lightning II stealth fighter was put on autopilot when pilot ejected over North Charleston

Poss snagged by a UFO.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-18 11:30|| 2023-09-18 11:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Someone somewhere is putting out that it landed in Cuba. I highly doubt it. But its circulating.

Posted by mossomo 2023-09-18 12:43|| 2023-09-18 12:43|| Front Page Top

#5 For a change there isn't some moron from the Pentagone rushing out on TeeVee to expose just how good our coastal radars are.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-18 12:58|| 2023-09-18 12:58|| Front Page Top

#6 #4 - I would think we'd shoot it down first

Posted by Frank G 2023-09-18 13:22|| 2023-09-18 13:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Just checked my back yard. Not there.

Posted by Tom 2023-09-18 16:18|| 2023-09-18 16:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Wasn’t the spy balloon downed off the coast of SC? I wonder if it’s flight path intersected with this jets path or it overflew that base. That would be an interesting coincidence. Maybe updating chips/software in f35’s?
Also autopilot brings to mind possibility of remote piloting.

Posted by Jefe101 2023-09-18 19:00|| 2023-09-18 19:00|| Front Page Top

#9
The Babylon Bee
@TheBabylonBee

Military Personnel Seen Wandering Forest Pressing Button On F-35 Key Fob

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2023-09-18 19:20|| 2023-09-18 19:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Waitaminit — there’s a uniform for that?? I need to go shopping!!!

Posted by trailing wife 2023-09-18 19:37|| 2023-09-18 19:37|| Front Page Top

#11 Found

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-18 19:53|| 2023-09-18 19:53|| Front Page Top

#12 #9 - Bee Classic. I snorted.

Posted by Frank G 2023-09-18 19:56|| 2023-09-18 19:56|| Front Page Top

#13 Can someone tell me why a pilot ejected from an airplane that could successfully fly on autopilot?

Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2023-09-18 21:40|| 2023-09-18 21:40|| Front Page Top

#14 ^Arab test pilot.
"What's this do?"

Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-18 23:38|| 2023-09-18 23:38|| Front Page Top

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