Posted on 09/20/2023 3:40:05 PM PDT by dynachrome
The pilot who ejected from a $100 million F-35 fighter jet 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.
Military officials have not yet released a specific reason for the pilot’s hasty exit, only referring to the incident as stemming from a “malfunction.”
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Was he instrument rated?
Don’t those planes fly themselves?
Horse hockey - he may be disciplined and booted, but it ain’t happening in a matter of three or four days.
It’s not like I know anything about the military or piloting fighter jets, but this doesn’t sound good. OTOH, is he good about using the right pronouns?
We are not getting the full story here. But I bet it isn’t flattering to the Air Force.
But “bad weather” implies climate change. We’re all to blame for it. Ask Greta./S
The plane is probably in China by now.
You don’t own that plane, son, the taxpayers do!
The entire first paragraph is BS. He didn’t eject because of weather. His job, once he punches is to take care of himself, not track where the airplane goes down. The crash survivable flight data recorder in the aircraft should be sending pings as to its location.
In 6 months we'll likely see reference to "pilot error"....
“We are not getting the full story here. But I bet it isn’t flattering to the Air Force.”
Er, it was the Marines, but not to put any blame on them. We have our own problems - woke crap being the prime one.
Someone said the other day that it was probably a woman pilot and the check engine light came on! Bail! Bail now!
She could have just done what I do. Put a piece of black electrical tape over the light so it will not bother you.
Problem solved!
It’s much like turning up the radio if a weird sound is coming from beneath the hood while driving. If you can’t hear it, then it is not a problem.
Problem solved!
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this is Obama Gen White Hater Austin DEI recruits .
We are defenseless now with the Biden diversity military .
Taiwan is on its own .
Lemme guess: Rain drops appeared on the canopy while some diversity woketard was flyining Fat Amy. It got all skeered and bailed out.
You're not even getting the branch of service right. It was a USMC aircraft. If you can't get that basic fact right, maybe you shouldn't comment.
“We are not getting the full story here. But I bet it isn’t flattering to the Air Force.”
They said it was a Marine F35B.
I suspect this is a diversity pilot.
Aren’t these the planes that can’t be flown in bad weather because they can’t handle a lightning strike?
If I’m writing design requirements for the F-35, I’m pretty sure I don’t include pingers to alert the enemy as to where the craft went down.
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