That's the King Air flight path. There's also a SC State chopper and several other unidentified planes making patterned passes over that general area.
Military Personnel Seen Wandering Forest Pressing Button On F-35 Key Fob https://t.co/ldY58GhEe0 pic.twitter.com/EDvV60tqiC
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) September 18, 2023
Agree. It is not like it disappeared over an area the size of the Florida Everglades, for example. The search grid should have been much smaller than that.nortex97 said:
I expect very little honesty from our government but I am a bit dumbfounded they are claiming they still don't know where this thing went down.
Or blame it on AI. Like in the movie StealthPookers said:
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.
The Bee continues to deliverfc2112 said:Military Personnel Seen Wandering Forest Pressing Button On F-35 Key Fob https://t.co/ldY58GhEe0 pic.twitter.com/EDvV60tqiC
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) September 18, 2023
only slightly more plausibly…CanyonAg77 said:Bellards Boys said:
China did this (on a bigger scale).
This was payment for keeping the US political elite out of the spotlight.
What movie is that from? That's a pretty cool aircraft, a civilian owned C-130A, built in 1955. Used for a lot of movies, including Fast and Furious 7, where they dropped cars out the back.
aggiehawg said: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?Pookers said:Electronic warfar?aggiehawg said:
All military aviation? WTH is going on here?
I believe you are correct Joint Base owns the runways.Quote:
Not going to claim I'm sure, but I believe that the base and the airport share runways. Happens lots of places, Albuquerque for one example.
Buncha planes flying out of NAS-CCAD right now.Gator92 said:ADS-B Exchange shows over 250 military flights of all types currently over US...aggiehawg said:
All military aviation? WTH is going on here?
Is it PHYSICALLY possible? Yes.rwtxag83 said:
I haven't read the whole thread, but here's the ??? Can the F35B the VTOL version land autonomously? If it can, there's a good chance it set down softly somewhere and they can go get it when it's located.
Duck before a certain someone comes on to tell you that of course it's possible and you just don't know what you're talking about...GAC06 said:NoQuote:
Is it possible to aerial refuel an F35 while on autopilot w/ no pilot onboard?
conspiracy I tell you!aggiehawg said:
Good news that no one on the ground was affected by the crash. Still seems to me those residents that heard a low flying plane and a BOOM would have called something in immediately though.
All the discussion was about it being near Joint Base Charleston.GAC06 said:
That F-35 is out of MCAS Beaufort
That is a bad day. Bidding a construction job at an airport right now, anything we do accident wise that would shut down the airport operations gets fined by the minute. Cannot happen!CanyonAg77 said:aggiehawg said: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?Pookers said:Electronic warfar?aggiehawg said:
All military aviation? WTH is going on here?
Not going to claim I'm sure, but I believe that the base and the airport share runways. Happens lots of places, Albuquerque for one example.
Been told of an F-16 guy that landed at Charleston with a hydraulic failure. That required turning on a generator (or pump) fueled by hydrazine. That requires a hazmat team to service the plane after landing. This poor guy landed safely, and rolled to a stop. Once stopped, he has no brakes and can't more again.
Unfortunately, he stopped right where the two main runways cross, effectively shutting down the airport for hours.
https://www.live5news.com/2021/05/28/f-makes-emergency-landing-joint-base-charleston/
Biz Ag said:
Missing F-35?
Oh, thank goodness.
For a minute there I thought it was an F-18.
whatthehey78 said:
My question(s):
1. What has the pilot said about the incident?
2. Why did he think it necessary he eject?
3a. Was the aircraft flying erratically or unstable? 3b. If yes...how so?
4. What has his wingman said about the incident?
5. Not a single "local" has offered a statement or speculation based on his/her visual where the plane is?
6.
I could go on...but you get the idea.
Dan Scott said:F-35 jet reported missing by authorities after pilot ejects during 'mishap': Officials https://t.co/fSARmPQa1S
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 18, 2023
Pilot put it in autopilot and ejected himself. No indication that it has crashed. WTF