Sept. 19, 2023 - Epoch Times
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| Just earlier today, the U.S. military announced that, somehow, they have lost track of a Marine Corps F-35 fighter jet, which is now apparently just somewhere out in the country. | |
| The situation is in fact so dire that the military press office, which is normally very, very, very tight-lipped, they had to issue a statement asking the American public to help them find the missing jet. | |
| They even set up a hotline for people to call. | |
| Now, if that all sounds too ridiculous to be true, let's go through the story together, starting at the very beginning, right after you take a super quick moment to smash those like and subscribe buttons, which will quite literally force the YouTube algorithm to share this video and this content with ever more people. | |
| To start with, around 5.30 p.m. | |
| yesterday, the official Facebook page for the Joint Military Base located at Charleston, South Carolina, they posted the following message informing the American public of a missing aircraft. | |
| Quote, Meaning | |
| they don't know where the plane is and they're asking the American public for help. | |
| And by the way, just as an aside, if you happen to come across this aircraft, I'll throw the phone number down into the description box below this video for your convenience. | |
| If you happen to find the plane, well, you can call that number. | |
| Regardless, the missing plane in question here is not a regular F-35. | |
| This is a Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter, with many aspects of its design being world-class in stealth-related technology. | |
| The airframe is shaped in a way that minimizes the radar cross-section, so it's hard or, in fact, nearly impossible to be seen on radar, In fact, I've read that it's as hard to spot as a golf ball in the middle of the sky. | |
| And then also, the entire thing is made from RAM, which is radar-absorbent materials, making it even harder to track. | |
| And these stealth abilities appear to now be working perhaps too well, given the fact that the military apparently can't find the thing. | |
| And as you likely imagined, these planes are not cheap. | |
| The price tag for one of these F-35s is around $80 million, with the entire F-35 program, including the planes, the upgrades, and the maintenance, costing the American taxpayers a cool $1.7 trillion, at least. | |
| Which is all well and good in order to maintain air superiority, unless, of course, you lose the plane. | |
| Which is exactly what happened. | |
| Now, this missing F-35 belonged to one of the training squadrons within the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, located over in South Carolina. | |
| And apparently, what happened was that this fighter jet was, on Sunday afternoon, flying over top North Charleston. | |
| At some point, an incident occurred. | |
| Now, it's not exactly clear what the incident was. | |
| However, whatever it was, the incident caused one of the pilots to eject from his plane. | |
| Now, fortunately, that pilot landed safely. | |
| And has now since been treated and is apparently in stable condition. | |
| However, the plane, without a human pilot, it continued to fly on autopilot, and for some reason, the transponder aboard the plane is not working. | |
| Meaning that as long as you believe the official story that's coming out of the military press office, they are not able to track the jet. | |
| The whereabouts are currently unknown, and given the fact that it's a stealth jet with some of the most advanced stealth-related technologies, well, they're just not able to find it. | |
| Which is why they issued this call to the public, asking the American people to call if they see a plane crash on their lawn, or if they're jogging through the woods, they look up and they see a plane stuck in the trees. | |
| Regardless, at the time that we're recording this episode, which is now about 22 full hours after the Charleston military base released the initial statement, As of yet, the plane has not been recovered. | |
| Although, according to a spokesperson for the base, the plane is no longer in the air. | |
| Quote, However, if it's indeed no longer flying, and yet it's still to be discovered, then very likely it landed either in water and yet it's still to be discovered, then very likely it landed either in water or in some rural part of the | |
| In fact, according to the most recent statement from the Air Base, quote, Now, there are still, obviously, many questions regarding the story. | |
| And several things don't quite seem to add up. | |
| For instance, the pilot ejected from a plane that was capable of still flying in autopilot mode for quite some time. | |
| So why would the pilot have to eject himself if the plane could still fly? | |
| And then also, what was the mishap that occurred, which led to the so-called incident, which led to the pilot ultimately having to eject himself? | |
| Now one theory I've seen floating around there is that the problem had to do with the oxygen delivery system in the cockpit, which is apparently a problem that these fifth-generation fighters are known to have. | |
| In fact, here's an excerpt from a U.S. Air Force report. | |
| It came following the crash of an F-35 over in Florida, which happened three years ago, which was partly caused by the life support system. | |
| It is known amongst the F-35 flying community that the oxygen delivery system is very different than legacy oxygen delivery systems, such as the one used in the F-15E. | |
| Likewise, in that earlier crash in Florida three years ago, besides the oxygen issue, there were also several technical deficiencies with the plane. | |
| The F-35 development was plagued by accumulated delays and technical deficiencies. | |
| A software instability of the stealth jet radar was one of the first F-35 problems observed, but more dangerous technical issues arose throughout the years. | |
| For instance, on October 5, 2020, the United States Air Force released a report in which it determined that some of those issues factored in the crash of an F-35A Lightning II near England Air Force Base in Florida in May of 2020. | |
| The pilot was distracted by a discrepancy in the alignment of its helmet-mounted display. | |
| Additionally, the specific life support system of the F-35 caused excessive fatigue to the pilot, who had participated in several days of exercise. | |
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| It's 866- And so it's not exactly clear whether these problems which were present three years ago are the same one that caused this pilot just yesterday to eject from his plane. | |
| As soon as we get any official updates from the US military, I'll share them with you. | |
| Otherwise, in the meantime, if you'd like to go deeper into why the F-35 program ballooned into a $1.7 trillion program, I'll throw a link to a phenomenal in-depth article which lays it out quite well. | |
| You can find that link down in the description box below. | |
| And then also, I know for a fact that we have many Air Force pilots who watch this program, because anytime I do an episode related to either fighter jets or the Air Force, you guys leave a lot of comments, many of which I believe are extremely helpful because you have a lot of insider knowledge. | |
| And so, if that happens to be you, I'd like to know, what's your opinion about what has happened here? | |
| Please leave your thoughts in the comments section below. | |
| And also, if you happen to have any actual insider information that you'd like to share, but just not publicly, you can email me directly at factsmatter at epictimes.com. | |
| I'd love to hear from you. | |
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