The US military is asking the public for help in locating a missing $80 million F-35 stealth fighter jet that disappeared

[Vrenn]

Oh my god. This story just gets more insane!

stealth fighter was put on autopilot when pilot ejected over North Charleston​

$100 million stealth fighter missing after being put on autopilot

One of the most sophisticated and expensive fighter jets in the world is missing somewhere in South Carolina.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Dailymail as a source? I looked at it. It's it's own source. It didn't cross to anything remotely military. It didn't take me too long to find the first flaw in the article where it claimed that a F-35 crashed at the runway and burst into flame. Here it is right after the crash. You will note that it didn't "Burst" into flame.

At Bitburg, AB in Germany we had a F-15 do about the same thing. The pilot lost control for whatever reason, the bird stalled and it hit the runway hard enough to bend the airframe. The Pilot ejected before the first bounce. Like the F-35, we shipped out F-15 back on a flatbed in parts.

I imagine that the fighter was left on AP so it would clear the residential area safely without the pilot. The altitude was probably lower than the surrounding remote areas and it just flew into the hills and forest fast enough to dig a 50 ft hole. If it hit a swamp then it's buried and damned hard to find, if it can even be found. This was a F-35B which is the most dangerous of the 3 types. This is why it's had 1 major crash and this one.

 

[Vrenn]

I wonder if I could use the engine in my very old lexus.

I'll send it to you if you use Bitcoin. But make it fast. Don Jr is trying to steal it and sell it to his Uncle Vlad.

 

[bendog]

But have wheels!

 

[Esoteric Inkling]

This is absolutely bizarre.

 

[Vrenn]

This is absolutely bizarre.

SOP. When one is lost and you don't know why, the Fleet must be taken off the line and inspected before it's released if nothing is found. It ain't like a car. Run out of Gas in your Car and you just leave it beside the road and go get gas. Run out of Gas in a Plane and you ain't just walking to the nearest Air Port for Gas.

 

[Esoteric Inkling]

SOP. When one is lost and you don't know why, the Fleet must be taken off the line and inspected before it's released if nothing is found. It ain't like a car. Run out of Gas in your Car and you just leave it beside the road and go get gas. Run out of Gas in a Plane and you ain't just walking to the nearest Air Port for Gas.

fair point.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

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It was a Marine aircraft.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

it's not the cost, it's that a plane apparently disappeared over a densely populated area.

South Carolina has few densely populated areas and where the pilot ejected is NOT one of them.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Where did it come from? Where did it go? Was it flown by Cotton-Eye Joe?
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Not anywhere near Charleston. The plane was from MCAS Beaufort which is southwest along the coast.

 

[Markle]

I recall when the ValueJet crashed in the Everglades around 1996. People saw the crash from a distance but they had trouble finding it because it was immediately swallowed up by the water. The floating plants and shallow water just closed over the site. It hit the ground/water at over 500 mph and just disintegrated.

 

[hjmick]

They've found some of the plane up in Williamsburg County.

WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Parts of a missing F-35 military jet have been found after an extensive search, the Florence County sheriff confirmed late Monday afternoon.

Sheriff T.J. Joye could not provide information on exactly where the parts were found, but Bartells Road in Indiantown, which is near Hemingway, is blocked off, WMBF reported.

Joint Base Charleston officials have not yet confirmed the discovery of the plane.

The Florence County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies have helped in the search for the military jet. Joint Base Charleston said search teams used both ground and air assets to find the expensive piece of military equipment.

The search began after a pilot ejected from the aircraft after what the base described as a “mishap.”

Debris field found in search for F-35 jet in Williamsburg County

Joint Base Charleston confirmed Monday night that found a debris field now believed to be the site of an F-35 crash two hours northeast of the base.

www.live5news.com

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

What's the big deal? The DEMs left $85 Billion dollars worth of military hardware in Afghanistan, one F-35 is chump change.

That was Trump's surrender agreement. Sorry.

 

[MAGA Macho Man]

Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnson

BREAKING: The missing F-35 jet has been located, crashed in a field in Williamsburg County, South Carolina

 

[hjmick]

Indiantown is about 60-70 miles NNE of North Charleston where the pilot ejected.

 

[Vrenn]

They've found some of the plane up in Williamsburg County.

WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Parts of a missing F-35 military jet have been found after an extensive search, the Florence County sheriff confirmed late Monday afternoon.

Sheriff T.J. Joye could not provide information on exactly where the parts were found, but Bartells Road in Indiantown, which is near Hemingway, is blocked off, WMBF reported.

Joint Base Charleston officials have not yet confirmed the discovery of the plane.

The Florence County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies have helped in the search for the military jet. Joint Base Charleston said search teams used both ground and air assets to find the expensive piece of military equipment.

The search began after a pilot ejected from the aircraft after what the base described as a “mishap.”

Debris field found in search for F-35 jet in Williamsburg County

Joint Base Charleston confirmed Monday night that found a debris field now believed to be the site of an F-35 crash two hours northeast of the base.

www.live5news.com

Boy, you sure do take out the air out of the trolls sails on this one. Well, us comedians will still be employed.

 

[theHawk]

So wha it shitty software? That whole bird is run by computers, if it goes haywire a pilot has no chance.

So it was either that or a diversity hire or vaccident, but vaccidents usually end up with pilot blackout and crash.

 

[Vrenn]

So wha it shitty software? That whole bird is run by computers, if it goes haywire a pilot has no chance.

So it was either that or a diversity hire or vaccident, but vaccidents usually end up with pilot blackout and crash.

It could be electrical, electronical, hydraulic or any number of other things. 2 in 9 years. The lawn dart lost a bunch more than that the first year as did the Eagle. There has been zero losses for the A and the C. And the B model, in exercises, has run up a score of 24 to zip against aggressor F-5Es, F-16Cs and F-18Es. The A has a 20-1 record during Red Flag. Most of the "Kills" never even knew the F-35 was in the area.

 

[Esoteric Inkling]

The fighter was later located about two hours away from Charleston after the military initially searched in the wrong location.

‘They Had No Answers’: Mace Mocks Pentagon Over ‘Embarrassing’ Search For Crashed F-35

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina called the Pentagon’s inability to answer questions about the loss of a F-35 “embarrassing” Tuesday.

dailycaller.com

 

[RhodyPatriot]

 

[RhodyPatriot]

Don't worry, it's under investigation.