CHARLESTON, S.C. —
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| Not the real plane, obviously. |
Military officials say they're responding to a "mishap" involving an F-35 fighter jet.
Officials say the pilot of an F-35B Lightning II ejected from the jet and landed safely, but the search is on for the now missing F-35.
We’re working with @MCASBeaufortSC to locate an F-35 that was involved in a mishap this afternoon. The pilot ejected safely. If you have any information that may help our recovery teams locate the F-35, please call the Base Defense Operations Center at 843-963-3600.
— Joint Base Charleston (@TeamCharleston) September 17, 2023
One must wonder...with the prevalence of Chinese electronics being used did this plane get electronically hijacked?
ReplyDeleteWell, they can't find who the coke was for in the Whitehouse, so...
ReplyDeleteAre you implying that Hunter hijacked the F-35?
DeleteHello Onstar, I uh, lost my plane.
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If this is an example of the current level of intelligence (military, surveillance, or other), we're in deep kimchi!
ReplyDeleteI disagree. If this is the competency of our forces, we'll have no problems when they are aimed at us.
DeleteThis!^^^ Charlie.
DeleteLet's see, we're the most elite fighting force the planet has ever seen.... aaaand we can't seem to locate one of our $80 million weapons...Hmmm. I KNOW! We'll ask X (formerly twitter) users for help, you know, like that time my kid lost his fucking cat! Yeah, that'll work, that's the ticket.
ReplyDeleteThe mighty haven't just fallen, they've become rank amateurs. Sad.
Losing a 89 million dollar aircraft is a "mishap"?
ReplyDeleteMIG-29
ReplyDeleteFinders keepers.
ReplyDeleteSo F-35's don't black boxes with locator beacons that activate on crash landings?
ReplyDeleteAny bets that the Chinese know where it landed to within 6 feet?
Nemo
Maybe the Air force should put a picture of it on a milk carton?
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DeleteHey guys , don't forget about the recent budget " miscalculation " that the Pentagon had . They found an additional 6 BILLION for Ukraine. This regime could F up a crowbar.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Pentagon "lost" 2 trillion.
DeleteSooo...now Ukraine has an F-35?
DeleteImagine that the boondoggle plane crashing
ReplyDeleteI won't tell if you won't....
ReplyDelete- Name Redacted, SC
It'll be on E-bay tomorrow. Either that or in a shipping crate on its way to NIgeria like all the stolen cars.
ReplyDeleteThe area where it went down is mostly the Francis Marion National Forest. Heavily wooded and sparsely populated. Plus there were very heavy storms so few if any people were out where they would see it. There are also two large lakes, Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, were the plane could have landed. I worked Crash Recovery in the Air Force for over 12 years. I've seen planes can go down in vastly different terrain, some easy to find, others a royal bitch. This is not a case of finding a smoking hole in a flat, empty landscape with a lot of witnesses to point to it.
ReplyDeleteWait? What? "Francis Marion"? The Revolutionary War legendary "Swamp Fox"?
DeleteOh, good luck with finding the plane now.
It won't be found until it WANTS to be found.
President Elect B Woodman
Yep. That is the same Swamp Fox.
DeleteLikely they do know. They just want to get there first (if they aren't there already).
ReplyDeleteAccording to some news reports, the pilot turned on the auto pilot and turned off the locator beacon and ejected.
ReplyDeleteThere is more to this story, hope the Pentagon is working OT on this.
Nobody's talking because, like Biden said, we'll need jets...
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCHGFkhxInM
DeleteI parked it next to my F15 that Biden says I need.
ReplyDeleteWasn’t it off the Carolinas’ coastline that the Navy fighters played with all those UFOs..?
ReplyDeleteMaybe they wanted one for their flight museum….
Wonder if all the Marine Corp aircraft are grounded, because their locators make them susceptible…??
Not just UFO’s but also Chinese weather balloons. For such an ass backward state, we sure can make the news.
DeleteI know that it would be harder to determine the cause of the problem if the jet blows up, but why isn't there a auto self-destruct mechanism onboard that triggers 30 seconds after the pilot ejects?
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