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Critics Aren’t Buying Story Of Why Pilot Ejected From $100 Million F-35 Fighter Jet Before It Crashed—Here’s What They’re Saying
Gateway Pundit ^ | Sep. 21, 2023 9:45 am | By Patty McMurray

Posted on 09/21/2023 12:40:27 PM PDT by Red Badger

On Sunday afternoon, it was announced an F-35 fighter jet valued at an estimated $100 million was missing.

The US Marine Corps announced that the pilot of the F-35 had safely ejected from the jet but asked for the public’s help in locating the missing $100 million aircraft.

Collin Rugg of Trending Politics shared a video showing the location of the crash. Along with the video, he wrote:

“The debris field of the F-35 jet has been released after it was located in a field in Williamsburg County, South Carolina.

The crash site was about 80 miles from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina.

The F-35 fighter jet appeared to run through a group of trees before crashing down in the field.

In 2019, concerns were raised by the Pentagon of the possibility that the F-35 could be hacked.

It’s still unclear what caused the crash…”

The identity of the pilot flying the F-35 fighter that crashed in a field in South Carolina has not been revealed, but what has been revealed is his story about why he ejected from the $100 million US Marine jet only moments before it crashed.

A South Carolina couple claims that they saw the F-35 flying over their home just moments before the crash, and according to them, the fighter jet was “inverted.”

“Our kids always give a little salute, so we said, ‘Look at the plane. Oh my gosh, it’s so low,'” Adrian Truluck said. “And it was kind of probably 100 feet above the tree tops and almost going inverted.”

According to the New York Post– the pilot claimed to have lost the plane in the weather — and likely bailed out before he could activate its tracking system, sources and experts said.

“He’s unsure of where his plane crashed, said he just lost it in the weather,” a voice can be heard saying of the pilot on a Charleston County Emergency Medical Services call posted Tuesday by a meteorologist.

The unidentified pilot landed in a North Charleston residential neighborhood and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

,He has since been discharged.

Unfortunately, very few Americans have much confidence in his story.

Here are just a few of the responses to the pilot’s story that appeared with Collin Rugg’s tweet:

Michael Wilson @sirmichaelwill had this to say about the pilot ejecting from the $100 million aircraft because of bad weather:

Yeah, this whole story doesn’t add up. What aren’t they telling us?

The response to the pilot’s story by Pedro @ElCapitanTweets is brutal:

He had a higher chance of getting hit my lightning when ejecting.. poor decision making. Doesn’t pass the smell test. He doesn’t need to be back in the cockpit and needs to be behind a desk if a little thunderstorm scares him.

Unreal.

Hank @GCapital_LLC wrote:

An F-35, pinnacle of aviation tech, outsmarted by… weather?

Either Mother Nature just upgraded, or they truly believe we’ll buy any story they sell.

And that pilot’s sense of direction? Probably uses a sun dial in the cockpit.

Astonishing!

Mark Sullivan @Sullie870125 wrote:

Keep in mind we are in the era of woke quotas, so unfortunately there is no guarantee the pilot was actually qualified to even fly the aircraft so there’s that

Paul Hookem shared a hilarious image reminding everyone how ludicrous it is that the US Marines were asking for help to find their $100 million fighter jet:

And finally, Lior Sela @liorsela, who claims to only live two hours away from the alleged crash site, had this to say:

I don’t buy it. I live 2 hrs away from Charleston, SC and the weather was perfect.

Clear skies and sunny

Robert J Kingsbury @RobertJKingsbu1 wrote:

The thing was hacked that is why the military grounded all of their planes for a couple of days.

They would of never grounded planes because one plane went through bad weather.

What do you think? Do you believe the pilot bailed because of bad weather or is there more to this story?


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Health/Medicine; Military/Veterans; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: aircraft; f35; missingf35
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To: Chode

Some think the ‘automatic ejection system’ punched him out without telling him/her/it/whatever first.............


81 posted on 09/22/2023 5:09:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Eastern Shore Virginian

Your guess is as good as any.

And quite plausible.

More that you imagine...............


82 posted on 09/22/2023 5:20:25 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: fso301
the pilot claimed to have lost the plane in the weather Pilot not IFR rated?

Misunderstanding, what he meant was he lost SIGHT of the aircraft in the 'weather'................

83 posted on 09/22/2023 5:23:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

The only thing that would make that picture sexier would be the tasteful application of a little TAC orange.


84 posted on 09/22/2023 5:30:01 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: C210N

So many initials...where is ‘NO’ ?


85 posted on 09/22/2023 5:47:04 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Red Badger
Something very suspicious about this whole story.

We will probably never know the truth.

86 posted on 09/22/2023 5:52:24 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Churchillspirit

Sorry.

New Orleans.


87 posted on 09/22/2023 5:55:14 AM PDT by C210N (We're at war: Make them have to cheat so much it becomes comical, then ridicule them into oblivion.)
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To: Churchillspirit

A ‘glitch’ in the software...............or he pissed off the AI...............


88 posted on 09/22/2023 5:57:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: C210N
Thanks.

FRegards...

89 posted on 09/22/2023 6:20:12 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: JustaTech
That the plane continued "flying" for some time is a testament to the robustness of its fly-by-wire system.

It could also be that with the reduced weight of the canopy, ejection seat, and pilot, the aircraft could then maintain altitude?

There have been other cases over the years of aircraft continuing to fly after the pilot ejected because of reduced weight.

90 posted on 09/22/2023 7:25:09 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Red Badger

maybe the lightning...


91 posted on 09/22/2023 7:40:47 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode

That would be IRONIC to the max!....................


92 posted on 09/22/2023 7:42:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

ride the lightning...


93 posted on 09/22/2023 7:49:27 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Drew68
Time to drag all those old Tomcats out from the boneyard.
At least they can't be hacked.

You'd have to go back farther, before the F-16.

Link 4 is a non-secure data link used for providing vector commands to USAF and other NATO fighter aircraft. It is a netted, time division link operating in the UHF band at 5,000 bits per second. There are 2 separate "Link 4s": Link 4A and Link 4C.

Link 4A TADIL C is one of several Tactical Data Links now in operation in the United States Armed Services and forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Link-4A plays an important role by providing digital surface-to-air, air-to-surface, and air-to-air tactical communications. Originally designated Link-4, this link was designed to replace voice communications for the control of tactical aircraft. The use of Link-4 has since been expanded to include communication of digital data between surface and airborne platforms. First installed in the late 1950s, Link-4A has achieved a reputation for being reliable. But Link-4A's transmissions are not secure, nor are they jam-resistant. However, Link-4A is easy to operate and maintain without serious or long-term connectivity problems.

94 posted on 09/22/2023 9:56:56 PM PDT by meadsjn (, )
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