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F-35 jet reported missing by authorities after pilot ejects during 'mishap': Officials
Fox News ^ | 9-17-2023 | Andrea Vacchiano

Posted on 09/17/2023 8:23:54 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007

U.S. military officials are searching for a missing F-35 jet after a "mishap" caused its pilot to eject on Sunday afternoon.

Joint Base Charleston said on Facebook that the aircraft was a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II belonging to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. The pilot ejected safely and was transported to a local medical center.

The base is working with Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort to help locate the missing aircraft. Emergency response teams have been deployed to find the jet.

"Based on the jet’s last-known position and in coordination with the FAA, we are focusing our attention north of JB Charleston, around Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion," Joint Base Charleston said in a statement on Facebook.

"The public is asked to cooperate with military and civilian authorities as the effort continues," the base added.

Anyone with information about the jet's whereabouts is urged to contact JB Charleston Base Defense Operations Center at 843-963-3600.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina; War
KEYWORDS: f35
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Is this the same new aircraft that pilots groused about having oxygen problems?


81 posted on 09/18/2023 9:03:01 AM PDT by Hermes37
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To: Vermont Lt

No I don’t think we do,(Marine planes never) but then again I don’t think pilots usually eject from jets on auto pilot that can still fly or have a wingman who lands rather than follows the ‘lost’ plane to see where it crashes. Lots of flat out weirdness in this story.


82 posted on 09/18/2023 10:01:26 AM PDT by GOPJ (Our side must NOT work with democrats. Or we'll Bud Light them...)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

I’m thinking of putting up a “Missing and Exploited F-35” website but as has been said I am unsure what pronouns to give it in the Biden Marine Corps.


83 posted on 09/18/2023 11:16:59 AM PDT by KC Burke
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To: Chode

He did ?

I can see that if there’s maneuvers going on.

I haven’t looked at news today.


84 posted on 09/18/2023 2:48:25 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: mabarker1

it’s a question... it shouldn’t be that hard to find, so why is it?


85 posted on 09/18/2023 3:02:53 PM 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: Alas Babylon!

An old boss decades ago taught me the meaning of FUBAR. He served in the Army during the Korean War and was based in Alaska. A most decent gentleman.

This is what shook my confidence:

“The public is asked to cooperate with military and civilian authorities as the effort continues,” the base added.

Anyone with information about the jet’s whereabouts is urged to contact JB Charleston Base Defense Operations Center at….”

The Military has to depend on us civilians? I am not comfortable with this. That is all I meant with my comment.


86 posted on 09/18/2023 3:06:29 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: Chgogal

Another term that means the same as FUBAR is cluster #$$@, sometimes, in polite company, just cluster. Cluster is a military slang term, referring to a situation, where multiple things had gone off the rail, presumed to be the responsibility of inept officers, who are decorated with oak leaf clusters. Sometimes we say Charlie Foxtrot. Used more today than FUBAR.

But I understand what you’re saying. If it happens more than once, I will be uncomfortable, too.


87 posted on 09/18/2023 4:16:01 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: Chode; All

Ok, this whole thing is starting to sound very chicomish/pedoslowjoe/cokefacedboy...

Or EBE snag job like MH370. Do You remember the JAL Cargo Flight 1628 ? Captain Kenju Terauchi said that it was twice the size of an aircraft carrier.

Did they make any 2 seat training versions ?

But what the hay We the People will just whip out that Pentagram Titanium Card and buy a replacement...


88 posted on 09/18/2023 4:24:50 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Somewhere that plane landed itself, fueled itself up, and took off. Now it’s out there somewhere, looking for its pilot.


89 posted on 09/18/2023 4:25:00 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Vermont Lt

Actually there’s been several Nuke Devices that have gone broken arrow over the years. 2 that come to mind were Georgia and New Hampshire . GA is still missing and NH was recovered. Also 2 near Spain in to coastal waters.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220804-the-lost-nuclear-bombs-that-no-one-can-find

And it looks like a total of 6 missing according to this.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/us-military-missing-six-nuclear-weapons-180032


90 posted on 09/18/2023 5:18:27 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: mabarker1

No kidding. I know that. But why would an USMC F35 flying by itself have a nuke. They are not bombers…they don’t carry nukes.

Come on…use some common sense. Next you will be joining the cascade thinking it had a DEW on it, and its burning up the Bahamas.


91 posted on 09/18/2023 6:01:13 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

I posted/said nothing about the F-35 being Nuclear capable or carrying a Nuclear Weapon.

As far as your DEW comment I know that there’s no possibility of that simply based on the Power Supply requirements of a DEW.

Feel free to show Me where I suggested either of those scenarios.

If anything oddball I did Post this to someone else:

“this whole thing is starting to sound very chicomish/pedoslowjoe/cokefacedboy...”


92 posted on 09/18/2023 6:23:10 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Chode

They finally found it.


93 posted on 09/18/2023 6:30:18 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: mabarker1

blind man wi his cane... right???


94 posted on 09/18/2023 7:24:03 PM 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

They were not really clear about thar but I think it was Sheriff Department. With a Seeing Eye Dog.


95 posted on 09/18/2023 7:53:16 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: BlackbirdSST

Series.

Most search radars are on the ground.

Hard to see the canopy unless the plane is inverted.


96 posted on 09/18/2023 7:58:07 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

ATC should have been tracking him constantly; right?


97 posted on 09/18/2023 7:58:56 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Do I HAVE to say it?

98 posted on 09/18/2023 8:01:10 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: matt04

Wouldn’t the search radar have to be ABOVE him to see the canopy?


99 posted on 09/18/2023 8:03:12 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Chgogal
The Military has to depend on us civilians?

Thousands of security cams.

100 posted on 09/18/2023 8:04:04 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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