Missing F35 jet near Charleston…
 

Anybody see a F35 jet go down near Charleston?

https://www.foxnews.com/us/f-35-jet-reported-missing-authorities-pilot-ejects-mishap-officials



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

That’s an expensive boo boo…hope the pilot is alright!

meme world moves quickly

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After reading the bit on Fox news, seems to me they might want to be looking at the bottom of some lakes?

SPECTRE...

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Nah, Dominic Toretto.

Pilot can't have been concentrating.

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It will turn up on Facebook Marketplace soon.

Evidently auto pilot was still engaged when the pilot ejected and transponder is offline.

found it....... wonder if there is a reward

https://charleston.craigslist.org/avo/d/north-charleston-lockheed-martin-35/7667272321.html

Ejector seat not included; bring your own.

Gotta laugh...or you'll cry. Our modern "woke" military at work.

Are these planes not equipped with some sort of transponder?

I had the pleasure of being involved with the build of F35 center wing in Marietta Georgia . I was in production control . The average Joe has no idea how complex these birds are . And the capability is off the charts . Same for the F22 .

But when complex goes wrong bad things happen . Fortunately bad things don't go wrong often . Never want to lose even one . I am very proud to have been a small part of the F22/F35/C130/C5 programs . And to support the brave men and women of our military . You know the woke ones 😳 . Of course I am kidding , defending our nation is serious business 24/7 and 365 days a year . I never take that lightly .

I am glad it is not an F22 that is missing we do not want to lose one of those.

Heck, I have airtags on my luggage. We could velcro one under the dash.
Just shocking the multiple systems and backups do not allow constant tracking.
gary