“We are not getting the full story here.”
Does anyone ever? An interesting article from NBC brings into thought a couple of possibilities.
“”I don’t fault a pilot for bailing out of an aircraft if that’s the right course of action,” Grazier said, adding that the military will want to know if it was done out of mechanical or software failure, pilot error or something else.”
That something else:
“The F-35B has an auto-eject function,” he said. “I’m curious to know if it ejected him involuntarily.”
As for where it went:
“F-35s are equipped with transponders that allow the aircraft to be tracked. But military officials initially said the transponder did not appear to be working but were unsure why.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/questions-mount-us-fighter-jet-went-missing-rcna105876
At least AI can work in MacDonald’s restaurants.
wy69
F-35s are equipped with transponders that allow the aircraft to be tracked. But military officials initially said the transponder did not appear to be working but were unsure why.”
Probably used Amazon batteries to save $.
“But military officials initially said the transponder did not appear to be working but were unsure why.”
I’m one of the people on here who constantly returns to the theme of excess complexity, elite incompetence and decay, and yet I am still constantly amazed by it all.