Posted on 09/18/2023 8:15:21 AM PDT by servo1969
Those F-35 stealth fighters must be even closer to invisible than I thought because the Marines lost one on Sunday and nobody can find it.
A Marine piloting the special vertical takeoff and landing version, the F-35B, suffered some kind of “mishap” and was forced to eject over South Carolina. He ejected safely. He’s fine. We can go on and laugh. The plane, however, was nowhere to be found. Weighing in at over 32,000 pounds even when it isn’t filled with jet fuel, you’d think the missing jet would be easy to find, but no.
There was genuine concern that the autopilot might have been on, meaning that there was an $80 million fighter jet gently cruising around over South Carolina with no pilot and no canopy. Sunday drivers, amirite?
So whoever runs the social media for Joint Base Charleston took to Twitter to ask for help finding the super-invisible stealth fighter.
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An early report from NBC noted that “The jet was left in autopilot mode so there’s a possibility it could still be airborne somewhere over South Carolina.” That was early Sunday evening. Surely, it’s run out of fuel by now. (Yes, and don’t call me Shirley.)
But no one seems to have seen or heard the thing crash.
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The military was too busy making sure they used the right pronoun for the pilot that the plane got away from them.
Aliens....it’s aliens, I tell ya...aliens.
It’s an F35 alien abduction.....LMAO.
Rational logical questions not allowed...
Rational logical questions not allowed...
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I apologize; it will not happen again.
If so the military would have grounded all F-35s immediately. Unless they are idiots.
“If so the military would have grounded all F-35s immediately. Unless they are idiots.”
So you’re saying that we’re still flying them?
“If so the military would have grounded all F-35s immediately. Unless they are idiots.”
Maybe they’re not as dumb as I think, and they’re thinking the same. Should be pretty easy for them to figure out since most of the Ukrainian GPS-guided munitions seem to be make a 180 degree turn back to Ukraine.
https://patriots.win/p/17r9WQxMHq/breaking-us-officials-have-order/c/
But don’t get me wrong, I would NEVER be able to find my way home from work without GPS - it is a GODSEND!
There’s something that’s lost that must be found.”
It’s what I always say when I’ve lost something. Works (nearly) every time, lol.
No, at least not officially. A 48 hr stand down after a crash is not unusual. It's used to review practices and safety procedures. If they go past two days however, then something is probably up.
“If they go past two days however, then something is probably up.”
I doubt they’ll be allowed to deal with the root cause, as doing so will mean that our pilot core will no longer ‘look like America’.
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