Wingman...off/beside your wing in another aircraft =/= sitting in you back seat. Different people, different functions.

Wingman:

adjusts tin foil hat

No one can make a modern fighter jet disappear except aliens. There has been lots of government activity on the UFO front lately. Could be aliens are going to be our next covid and we will all need to be locked down for our protection. Use of mail in ballots will be expanded for the 2024 election to keep us safe, of course.

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Ag with kids said:

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CSTXAg92 said:

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Another question... When Maverick ejected, Goose did too. Why are we hearing about only 1 pilot with the F-35? Does a F-35 pilot not have a wingman?

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The wingman is in another plane...

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Goose wasn't his wingman, he was the RIO.

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Ah, got it.

For you fighter jocks -- wouldn't a jet crash before running out of fuel after pilot ejection due to the ejection? It seems like the loss of the canopy would cause all kinds of flight and aerodynamic issues.

And what the heck is a "mishap"? I would think you may use stronger language when a $150M airplane loses its pilot and disappears.

I would have gone with "tomfoolery", "shenanigans" or maybe "hiccup".

There have been planes glide in for landings after elections. It certainly isn't helping, but a loss of canopy shouldn't instantly destroy the aircrafts ability to fly, especially as advanced as the stabilization system and fly by wire is on an f35.

Ag_of_08 said:

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There have been planes glide in for landings after elections. It certainly isn't helping, but a loss of canopy shouldn't instantly destroy the aircrafts ability to fly, especially as advanced as the stabilization system and fly by wire is on an f35.

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One report I posted a few hours ago said th pilot ejected at a few thousand feet, so I assume it was losing altitude at a higher rate than a glide path. But if that Daily Mail article is accurate and it was lfying that low, someone on the ground had to have seen it or heard. Pilot landed in a residential area. It was a Sunday afternoon wth some rainstorms moving in though.

Would auto-pilot engage at that low of an altitude and maintain it?

Here is a convertible F-14 with the top down.
If memory serves me they were giving a flight surgeon a ride and he accidentally ejected. Pilot landed safely

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For you fighter jocks -- wouldn't a jet crash before running out of fuel after pilot ejection due to the ejection? It seems like the loss of the canopy would cause all kinds of flight and aerodynamic issues

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There was an F-106 in the 1960s, story was linked on page 2 or so of the thread. It was out of control, the pilot ejected, and somehow that ejection put the plane in a stable attitude, it flew on until it ran out of gas, landed safely in a corn field, and was put back into service.

So the answer is...maybe?

I doubt that simple loss of a canopy would bring it down. Heck, an Israeli F-15 lost most of one wing and made it home safely. Several other stories of lost canopies where the plane landed safely.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Negev_mid-air_collision

But as mentioned in some articles, the rocket on the bottom of the ejection seat certainly wouldn't be friendly to the electronics in the cockpit.

Ag_of_08 said:

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There have been planes glide in for landings after elections. It certainly isn't helping, but a loss of canopy shouldn't instantly destroy the aircrafts ability to fly, especially as advanced as the stabilization system and fly by wire is on an f35.

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So the winner of an election might say "my plane just flew in"?

All this time I thought it was "my ship just came in".

Is it possible to aerial refuel an F35 while on autopilot w/ no pilot onboard?

No

Ag_of_08 said:

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There have been planes glide in for landings after elections.

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So it might stay up there until 2024??

Tinfoil take:

This missing jet will be used in a false flag of some sort that will be blamed on Russia / Chyna. Zero reason to disclose this missing aircraft to the public other than to lay the foundation for some future event.

MH77 is the new wingman now.

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There have been planes glide in for landings after elections.

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So it might stay up there until 2024??

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But it can only land at 3 am.

BREAKING: U.S. officials have ordered a 2-day stand down for all military aviation inside as well as outside the United States after an F-35 jet went missing in South Carolina.

This keeps getting more bizarre.

According to ABC News, "no units are allowed to fly" unless there is… pic.twitter.com/SuIv7x0N1K

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 18, 2023

All military aviation? WTH is going on here?

aggiehawg said:

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All military aviation? WTH is going on here?

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Electronic warfar?

Pookers said:

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aggiehawg said:

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All military aviation? WTH is going on here?

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Electronic warfar?

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Maybe but could it be that directed to only military jets and not affect commercial aviation in the area? Isn't the base landing strip not too far from the regular airport?

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BREAKING: U.S. officials have ordered a 2-day stand down for all military aviation inside as well as outside the United States after an F-35 jet went missing in South Carolina.

This keeps getting more bizarre.

According to ABC News, "no units are allowed to fly" unless there is… pic.twitter.com/SuIv7x0N1K

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 18, 2023

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I didn't realize the commandant could tell the Air Force, Navy, Army, and CG to stop flying

aggiehawg said:

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All military aviation? WTH is going on here?

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ADS-B Exchange shows over 250 military flights of all types currently over US...

If a jet crashes in a swamp and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound?

There is a military King Air circling a remote area west of Hemingway, SC...

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae074e

Yeah jets are really loud

Someone already found it

State police helicopter also circling

Gator92 said:

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There is a military King Air circling a remote area west of Hemingway, SC...

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae074e

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Haha I have time in that exact plane