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US military asks the public for help finding its missing F-35 fighter jet after its pilot had to eject while training over South Carolina (news.yahoo.com)
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The US military is appealing to the public to help find an advanced F-35 fighter jet that has gone missing over South Carolina.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is strange. It almost makes me think the scenario was an elaborate ruse to capture an F-35:

  • get an inside man to mess with the avionics
  • including turning off location telemetry
  • simulate a failure that requires an ejection
  • fly the plane into the ocean using autopilot
  • recover via submarine