It would seem so, yeah.<\/p>\n
\nSearch for missing F-35 Lightning II fighter jet continues after pilot ejects during \u2018mishap’<\/strong><\/a>
U.S. military officials are searching for a missing F-35 jet after a “mishap” caused its pilot to eject on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\nJoint 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“Based on the jet\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information about the jet’s whereabouts is urged to contact JB Charleston Base Defense Operations Center at 843-963-3600.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
That strange sound you hear is hilarity, ensuing. For his part, BCE has a question<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nLet me get this straight\u2026
An 80 million<\/strong> dollar aircraft<\/em>
Known as the \u201cFlying Turducken\u201d or \u201cThe Turd\u201d
80 fucking million<\/strong> dollars, and they don\u2019t even have the fucking thing LoJacked!?!<\/em>
My car<\/strong> is fucking LoJacked FFS.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nNot only that, but as I recollect, commercial airliners<\/a>; boats\/ships<\/a> of a certain size both civilian and military; tractor-trailer rigs<\/a>; and even most\u00a0cars<\/em> nowadays<\/a> are all equipped with some sort of locator-beacon\/tracking device or another. Have been for years, in fact. Yet somehow, a fully-tricked-out, state of the art, next-generation air-superiority fighter\u2014supposedly the very best Amerika v2.0 can design, build, and deploy, the very tippy-top of the top of the line\u2014ISN\u2019T<\/em>?<\/p>\n
Naah, not sketchy AT. ALL. Now look, everybody, over there: SQUIRREL!!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It would seem so, yeah. Search for missing F-35 Lightning II fighter jet continues after pilot ejects during \u2018mishap’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…<\/p>\n