The Air Force is asking the public for help finding a lost F-35 jet that was last seen over South Carolina Sunday mid-day after the pilot securely ejected. The pilot parachuted right into a domestic community where he landed in a yard as well as was required to medical facility in steady problem, while the aircraft obviously drew a Twilight Zone.
Have you seen this jet? Please telephone call 843-963-3600.
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Joint base Charleston published a declaration on X Twitter late Sunday mid-day looking for help from the general public in finding the lost jet, “We’re working with @MCASBeaufortSC to locate an F-35 that was involved in a mishap this afternoon. The pilot ejected safely. If you have any information that may help our recovery teams locate the F-35, please call the Base Defense Operations Center at 843-963-3600…Based on the jet’s last-known position and in coordination with the FAA, we are focusing our attention north of JB Charleston, around Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion.”
Based on the jet’s last-known placement as well as in control with the FAA, we are concentrating our interest north of JB Charleston, around Lake Moultrie as well as Lake Marion.
— Joint Base Charleston (@TeamCharleston) September 17, 2023
A declaration with even more information was published to Facebook, “Personnel from Joint Base Charleston and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort(MCAS Beaufort SC)are responding to a mishap involving an F-35B Lightning II jet from Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 501 with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. The pilot ejected safely and was transferred to a local medical center in stable condition. Emergency response teams are still trying to locate the F-35. The public is asked to cooperate with military and civilian authorities as the effort continues. If you have any information that would assist the recovery teams, please call the JB Charleston Base Defense Operations Center at 843-963-3600.”
AVGeekery.com reported the case (passage):
A Marine Corps F-35B pilot securely ejected from his stealth boxer jet this mid-day beside Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Details are couple of currently, yet base has actually verified the case.
Radio babble claimed the pilot ejected at simply a couple of thousand feet in the air, with last radar get in touch with a couple of miles northeast of Lake Moultrie. The pilot made it out securely, and after that appeared a couple of miles away in a yard of a domestic community on South Kenwood Drive in North Charleston. The weather condition was dreadful at the time he ejected.
WCBD-TV passage:
According to authorities, a pilot was located on South Kenwood Drive in North Charleston after securely expeling from the passing aircraft.
Joint Base Charleston states the pilot was moved to a neighborhood clinical facility as well as is in steady problem.
His wingman, in one more airplane, securely landed at Joint Base Charleston.
Map revealing both lakes, Moultrie as well as Marion, stated in the Air Force declaration. The jet can be in among the lakes, the Atlantic Ocean or the Twilight Zone.
Last recognize placement: https://t.co/S5dvreIDi2 pic.twitter.com/QlhcJgaXjD
— Thenewarea51 (@thenewarea51) September 18, 2023
