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Posted on 01/20/2024 8:05:32 PM PST by TigerClaws
The United States Marine Corps frantically called 911 after losing one of its F-35 Fighter planes in an airborne “mishap” that led to a crash in South Carolina, according to newly released audio files.
The $90 million stealth jet went missing on Sept. 17 over the state’s Lowcountry region after its pilot safely ejected and the plane continued flying unmanned into the unknown as it disappeared from view.
“I believe we potentially have an aircraft that went down in Williamsburg County earlier today,” a major from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort told a Williamsburg County 911 dispatcher, according to audio files obtained by ABC News.
“You believe you have an aircraft that went down in Williamsburg County?” the befuddled dispatcher asked in response.
“That is correct,” the major said back. “We are trying to look for it and we are coming up dry so far.”
While it was previously unclear whether or not the plane’s transponder was functioning properly, the Marine Corps was able to provide coordinates of the area where they believed the jet went down, according to the files.
Dispatch immediately requested a medical crew to the area for the pilot flying the jet, but later called them off when the Marines reported the pilot hand ejected and landed safely.
Audio released in September in the days after the crash shows further confusion in the emergency response when 911 dispatchers in South Carolina received a report from a resident who reported having a pilot on his property.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
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Muscles Are Required...Intelligence Not Essential.
“We are trying to look for it and we are coming up dry so far.”
Well. It is a stealth jet.
Another one???
Same one. Last September.
Damn, I did NOT request it but I know that even my new truck has a tracking chip in it some where, and for sure my cell phone that my Wife bought for me.
Are they telling us that the Corps is to broke to have one installed?
OMG!! I DID think this was The BEE!! WTF has happened to our military??
Mediocrity is the goal for students, NOT ‘exceptionalism
OMG!! I DID think this was The BEE!! WTF has happened to our military??
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how can this happen?
Public schools are like tumblers. They can polish some stones, but will absolutely render gems dull.
The Russians?
Not excusing what happened, but the jet was found 75 miles away from where the pilot ejected and landed in somebody’s backyard....
Looks like that DEI crap is having some affect....
What’s wrong with calling 911? I think notifying local authorities would be the first thing to do if the plane was lost anywhere other than a training site.
When I was in the army guard as a huey crewchief, we would land somewhere off the airport and do a simulated crashes aircraft exercise with the fire department, police, and crash crew.
Back in the 90’s the air guard had a f-16 go down in a remote training site. The naval search and rescue chopper found the pilot thanks to his ELT. Then they called us and we sent 3 hurts to look for the wreck. Took us 2-3 days to find it. Nothing more the a pile of ash and some turbine blades
Hurts = Hueys.
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