A Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort F-35B Lightning II jet has skilled an unknown mid-flight emergency, forcing its pilot to eject. Authorities have requested the general public to assist find the crash website.
The incident occurred someplace north of the bottom, with authorities saying the pilot “ejected safely” from “an F-35 that was concerned in a mishap this afternoon.”
The search operation is targeted round Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion, the Joint Base Charleston’s public affairs specialist Jeremy Huggins mentioned on Sunday.
“If anybody has any data that will assist find the F-35, you’re requested to name the Base Protection Operations Heart,” the Joint Base Charleston wrote in a put up on X (previously Twitter), including that they’re working with the Marine Corps and the Federal Aviation Administration to seek out the F-35 that was concerned.
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