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After an F-35 fighter jet disappeared into the South Carolina sky, a 911 operator received a confounding call.
“I guess we got a pilot at our house and he says he got ejected from the plane,” said the caller, asking for an ambulance.
“I’m sorry, what happened?” the operator asked, according to a recording obtained by CNN.
“We got a pilot in the house, and I guess he landed in my backyard and we’re trying to see if we can get an ambulance to the house, please.”
“We’re getting help on the way,” the operator said, before the pilot took the phone.
“We had a military jet crash,” he said. “I’m the pilot. We need to get rescue rolling.”
And then he added: “I’m not sure where the airplane is. It would have crash-landed somewhere. I ejected.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/22/us/f35-fighter-jet-south-carolina-friday
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Dr. Benway
i dont understand how you can
i dont understand how you can lose a fighter jet when those little gps tags exist that you can put on your phone or keys or luggage or whatever
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: cultivate kindness
And don't they track
And don't they track airplanes on radar?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
Apparently, the fighter's
Apparently, the fighter's stealth technology was working fine.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: dimethyllovebeam
you'll eject when i decide ,
You'll eject when I decide , Dave.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: cultivate kindness
> Apparently, the fighter's
> Apparently, the fighter's stealth technology was working fine.
Maybe, but maybe not. Sounds the like F-35 program has some real problems.
The GAO published a report on Thursday that found that "The F-35 fleet mission capable rate—the percentage of time the aircraft can perform one of its tasked missions—was about 55 percent in March 2023, far below program goals."
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105341