U.S. Military Asks for Help Finding Missing F-35 Fighter Jet
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U.S. military is on the hunt for an F-35 fighter jet that has gone missing after an incident in South Carolina.
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    The United States’ military is on the hunt for an F-35 fighter jet that has gone missing following an incident that forced the pilot to eject from the advanced stealth aircraft over South Carolina.

    Emergency response teams are trying to find what’s left of the F-35B Lightning II jet, which suffered what the military called a “mishap” on Sunday afternoon, according to social media posts by Joint Base Charleston, an air base in South Carolina.

    Joint Base Charleston called on the public to cooperate with military and civilian authorities as the search for the F-35 jet continues.

    The aircraft was a vertical take-off version used by in the US Marine Corps, and the jet is popular for its stealth qualities that make it difficult to detect by radar.

    An F-35B version crashed in 2018 in Beaufort County, South Carolina, because of a manufacturing defect in a fuel tube, according to the Government Accounting Office’s report.

    How in the hell do you lose an F-35?” South Carolina Republican Representative Nancy Mace said on social media.

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