SC - Marine F-35 Jet found after pilot parachutes free, North Charleston, 2023 Sept 18

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fred&edna said:
The circumstances that prompted the pilot to eject from the aircraft were not immediately clear.


Interesting.
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I smell balloons .....
 
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fred&edna said:
Not a good time for lame humor but the whole idea seems preposterous and I can't help myself.

How large of an area should we put up posters? Is there a reward? Maybe I should go charge-up my metal detector.


How in the heck does this happen?!
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Its the nature of the beast- errr, the bird.

The F-35 is super stealthy, even by stealth standards. With the transponder off, this makes it near impossible to track on radar- even using the US military's ubber sophisticated radars.

Evidently, the plane can be fitted with reflectors of sorts for training that will allow the plane to be seen on radar, but the reflectors would as allow say, a spy ship to track it as well. Thus, they might not be used all the time.

In the end, the plane is essentially invisible. As a side note, Japan also lost a F-35 into the ocean a while back and had the same challenges- how to find a plane designed to be invisible? They eventually found it as they did not want China to start "fishing" for it.
 
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A source told ABC15 Monday evening that military ground crews have found parts and debris associated with the F-35 Lightning II Jet just off Indian Town Road in Florence County. https://bit.ly/3PfOH5u
 
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sds71 said:
A source told ABC15 Monday evening that military ground crews have found parts and debris associated with the F-35 Lightning II Jet just off Indian Town Road in Florence County. https://bit.ly/3PfOH5u
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Thank goodness it crashed on land and did not fly over the ocean. Nations only have about three miles off their shores of a "no trespassing" zone. Beyond that, anybody can show up with a trawler and start dredging for interesting parts.
 
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Looking at the location the debris was found on Google Earth, it’s a very rural area. That being said, there are several houses within the vicinity. I’m shocked no one heard anything.
 
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So it had little or no fuel left to crash without a fireball?

Since the pilot put it on autopilot before ejecting, I wonder if he could tell investigators the trajectory.
 
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This was the search area before the location.
Was it found within this area?

USMC F-35B Crash - 17 Sep 23 - PPRuNe Forums

Military Aviation - USMC F-35B Crash - 17 Sep 23 - You may laugh, but the USA did similar in the 70's for I think an F18 that had been displaying at Farnborough? it spat its turbine out nr Basingstoke and the US offered rewards to anyone finding pieces of the engine to help in finding out why it...
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Cryptic said:
Its the nature of the beast- errr, the bird.

The F-35 is super stealthy, even by stealth standards. With the transponder off, this makes it near impossible to track on radar- even using the US military's ubber sophisticated radars.

Evidently, the plane can be fitted with reflectors of sorts for training that will allow the plane to be seen on radar, but the reflectors would as allow say, a spy ship to track it as well. Thus, they might not be used all the time.

In the end, the plane is essentially invisible. As a side note, Japan also lost a F-35 into the ocean a while back and had the same challenges- how to find a plane designed to be invisible? They eventually found it as they did not want China to start "fishing" for it.
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'Seems as if it can even crash with stealth!
 
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whitelilac said:
Reading the comments in the aviation forum...most in there are pilots and experts in aviation related topics.

Some interesting comments. Eg plane put on auto pilot before ejection, and transponder is off.

USMC F-35B Crash - 17 Sep 23 - PPRuNe Forums

Military Aviation - USMC F-35B Crash - 17 Sep 23 - Pilot ejected - found in a residential city street in N Charleston, SC - transported
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Wonder if it had enough fuel to get out of the continental U.S. ?
Eta : Sounds like it crashed.
Thankful the plane didn't hit any houses or businesses !
100 million, gone in a flash ... :eek:
Omo.
 
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Should we have a mod update this thread title to Found Crashed? :):):)
 
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MassGuy said:
Looking at the location the debris was found on Google Earth, it’s a very rural area. That being said, there are several houses within the vicinity. I’m shocked no one heard anything.
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I drive through Florence to the beach, backroad short cuts. You can drive for what seems like forever and not see house and forget bathroom. Flat, sandy, lots of pine trees, peanut, peach, strawberry farms.

So glad no one was hurt. This could have been a disaster.

All my opinion....
 
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Simply Southern said:
I drive through Florence to the beach, backroad short cuts. You can drive for what seems like forever and not see house and forget bathroom. Flat, sandy, lots of pine trees, peanut, peach, strawberry farms.

So glad no one was hurt. This could have been a disaster.

All my opinion....
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I share your sentiments... very glad no one was hurt... and it seriously could have been a disaster.

It's been years since I've been through Florence but that's how I remember it... flat, sandy and pines. (And, some of the best peaches ever!)
 
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fred&edna said:
I share your sentiments... very glad no one was hurt... and it seriously could have been a disaster.

It's been years since I've been through Florence but that's how I remember it... flat, sandy and pines. (And, some of the best peaches ever!)
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Yes, one bite and the sweetest juice is running down your chin. Best ever. Must be the sandy soil, VA peaches are hard and a slight tang. Moo....
 
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A short time later, some 60 miles to the northeast, the Mckenzie family was having a birthday party for Madison, who turned 9, in their house on Old Georgetown Highway in Williamsburg County. Rain was falling around 2 p.m. Sept. 17 outside the brick house with a backyard with dogs, chickens, turkeys and goats along with a field of cotton and hunting towers on its side.

It was around that time they heard a boom. The whole house shook.

“That scared us, I tell you what, it was loud. I thought lighting had struck,” said Justin Mckenzie, Madison’s father. The blast was so strong that the back door had flung open.

www.postandcourier.com

Missing no more: Marine fighter jet found in rural SC

Wreckage from a Marine Corps fighter jet that went missing was located in a rural stretch of Williamsburg County on Sept. 18.
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