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Horrible news. Chances of finding the pilot diminish with every hour, of course. It's been long enough that I don't think they are looking for a surviving pilot anymore.
This program has sure had more than its share of problems. The article is a bit misleading in that is says its in its second decade of service - it first flew in 2006 or so, but was not put into service until at least 2015, if not later. Nine years after first flight to "service ready". That says plenty about its problems right there.
I've spent an awful lot of time at the MHI facility in Nagoya. We were performing heavy maintenance and modifications to Japanese Air Force 767 AWACS airplanes. Great people, top notch facility - I'm sure their F35's are at least the measure of Lockheed's own.
I bet we never hear what happened.
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