The leading Joint Base Charleston has actually asked regional homeowners for assistance. (Representational Image)
A US Marine Corps fighter jet has actually gone missing in South Carolina after its pilot securely expelled the airplane on Sunday. The US army authorities have actually attracted the general public to assist situate the missing multimillion-dollar airplane, the Guardian reported.Â
Military authorities claimed that a Marine Corps pilot securely expelled the F-35 Lightning II jet over North Charleston on Sunday mid-day after a “mishap”. Base authorities claimed they were browsing, in control with government air travel regulatory authorities, around 2 lakes north of the city of Charleston.
The leading Joint Base Charleston has actually asked regional homeowners for assistance.
“If you have any information that may help our recovery teams locate the F-35, please call the Base Defense Operations Center,” a message from the base continued reading X, previously called Twitter.
See the blog post below:
We’re dealing with @MCASBeaufortSC to situate an F-35 that was associated with a problem this mid-day. The pilot expelled securely. If you have any kind of details that might assist our healing groups situate the F-35, please call the Base Defense Operations Center at 843-963-3600.
— Joint Base Charleston (@TeamCharleston) September 17, 2023
Reacting to the information, Local congresswoman Nancy Mace composed on X, “Now that I got that out of the way. How in the hell do you lose an F-35? How is there not a tracking device and we’re asking the public to what, find a jet and turn it in?”
Now that I obtained that off the beaten track. How in the heck do you shed an F-35?
How exists not a monitoring tool and also we’re asking the general public to what, locate a jet and also transform it in?
— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) September 18, 2023
The airplanes, made by Lockheed Martin, expense around $80 million each, according to an AFP record.
