Posted on 09/18/2023 6:56:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
A U.S. fighter jet’s stealth abilities appear to be working too well, with authorities forced to ask the public for help finding an F-35 that went missing somewhere over South Carolina when the pilot ejected due to a “mishap.”
Joint Base Charleston, an air base in North Charleston, said it was working with Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort to "locate an F-35 that was involved in a mishap" on Sunday afternoon.
The pilot was able to safely eject from the aircraft, an F-35B Lightning II jet, and was taken to a local medical center in stable condition, the air base said in a Facebook post at around 5:35 p.m. ET.
The condition of the pilot was not immediately clear as of Monday morning. The circumstances surrounding the "mishap" also remained unclear. Joint Base Charleston and the U.S. Air Force did not immediately respond to overnight requests for comment from NBC News.
Joint Base Charleston asked the public to "cooperate with military and civilian authorities" as the effort to locate the jet continued. "If you have any information that would assist the recovery teams, please call the JB Charleston Base Defense Operations Center at 843-963-3600."
The air base said it was focusing its attention north of its air base around Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion based on the jet's last-known position and coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The incident attracted some criticism, with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) asking in a social media post: "How in the hell do you lose an F-35?"
"How is there not a tracking device and we’re asking the public to what, find a jet and turn it in?" Mace wrote.
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Ask David Copperfield.
A smoking hole in the ground would be a good clue as where to “Start” looking.
Maybe the Chinese hacked the onboard computer, ejected the pilot and then FLEW IT to some undisclosed secret base. In that case, it’s been in China for a few days by now.
Swampy areas all over that region..................
Don’t worry about it. It will show up.
It's a start.
In the Mexican Desert?......................
It kept flying into the Bermuda triangle, and was picked up by a large undetected UFO. NASA is denying it.
It's possible that they'll never find it.
Still waiting on that A-10 with a couple 500# bombs out west from a couple decades ago.
BTW just out of curiosity I decided to look up what happened to a random missing kid on those cartons—far right.
Her body (well skeleton) was found years later in an oil field. It took 40 years but they caught and convicted the child killer who kidnapped raped and murdered her.
https://www.denverpost.com/2022/10/31/jonelle-matthews-murder-steve-pankey-guilty/
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