{"id":2036026,"date":"2023-09-18T14:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T18:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/f-35-fighter-jet-lost-in-mishap-prompting-questions-from-lawmakers\/"},"modified":"2023-09-18T14:30:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T18:30:50","slug":"f-35-fighter-jet-lost-in-mishap-prompting-questions-from-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/f-35-fighter-jet-lost-in-mishap-prompting-questions-from-lawmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers question loss of F-35 fighter jet in mishap."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ff-35-fighter-jet-lost-in-mishap-prompting-questions-from-lawmakers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2036026&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A US Marine Corps \u2064F-35B Lightning II, a\u200c short takeoff and vertical \u200dlanding (STOVL)\u200d version of the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, \u200cflies past during\u200d a preview\u2063 of the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on February 13, 2022. (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/daniel-baldwin\">Daniel Baldwin<\/a><br \/>10:52 AM \u2013 Monday,\u2063 September 18, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. Marine \u2062Corps \u200bneeds your help! They are searching for \u200ba\u2063 lost F-35B \u2064Lightning II Jet \u200dthat went missing after a pilot ejected \u200cduring a &#8220;mishap&#8221; near \u200dCharleston, SC.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman from Joint\u2062 Base\u2063 Charleston confirmed that the pilot safely ejected\u2064 from the plane\u2062 on Sunday, but \u2063as of now, \u2063the jet remains missing. This F-35B Lightning II Jet\u200c is valued at around $80 million and belongs to a training squadron from the 2<sup>nd <\/sup>Marine \u2064Aircraft Wing based \u2063in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re working with  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MCASBeaufortSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MCASBeaufortSC<\/a> \u200b to locate \u2063an F-35 that was involved in a mishap this afternoon. The pilot ejected safely. If you have any information that may help our recovery \u200cteams locate the\u00a0F-35, please call the Base Defense Operations \u2064Center at 843-963-3600.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joint Base Charleston (@TeamCharleston) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamCharleston\/status\/1703523385475534968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIf \u200cyou have any\u200d information\u2064 that may help our \u2064recovery teams locate the F-35, please call the Base Defense Operations Center\u200d at 843-963-3600,\u201d the\u200c air base wrote on X, formally known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lawmakers were critical\u200c of the air base asking the public to assist in its search of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/f-35-fighter-jet-lost-in-mishap-prompting-questions-from-lawmakers\/\" title=\"Lawmakers question loss of F-35 fighter jet in mishap.\">missing fighter jet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How on earth did\u200c the Biden Administration\u2063 lose \u200btrack of an $80 \u200bmillion F-35 jet? <\/p>\n<p>What\u200c else are they losing?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep Andy\u200d Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAndyBiggsAZ\/status\/1703766249816072229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What are the F-35\u2019s pronouns? \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NQmGU90nE8\">https:\/\/t.co\/NQmGU90nE8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1703614698095030449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now that I got\u2064 that out of\u200d the way. \u2062How in \u200cthe hell\u2064 do you lose \u200can F-35?\u200c <\/p>\n<p>How is there not\u200b a tracking device and we\u2019re asking the public to what,\u2064 find \u2062a jet and turn it\u2062 in?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NancyMace\/status\/1703586534220255347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September \u206218, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It is unclear what the &#8220;mishap&#8221; entailed that caused the \u2062pilot to have \u2062to eject, and\u200d why the fighter jet ultimately went missing.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking \u2062news blasts directly to your inbox\u2064 for free.\u2063 Subscribe \u200chere. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oann.com%2Fnewsroom%2Fshaquille-oneal-teams-up-with-la-port-police%2F&#038;t=Shaquille%20O%E2%80%99Neal%20Teams%20Up%20With%20LA%20Port%20Police\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oann.com%2Fnewsroom%2Findiana-sen-mike-braun-endorses-trump-adding-to-growing-list-of-elected-officials-backing-the-45th-president%2F&#038;t=Indiana%20Sen.%20Mike%20Braun%20Endorses%20Trump%2C%20Adding%20To%20Growing%20List%20Of%20Elected%20Officials%20Backing%20The%2045th%20President\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Socialists gather for their annual conference in Chicago, where they discussed\u2062 how \u200cto get around laws banning\u2063 indoctrination into Marxist concepts at schools.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Cincinnatians gather to \u2063celebrate their \u2063German heritage at the annual Oktoberfest\u2062 festival. One America\u2019s Sam Valk, a Queen City native, tells the story of the festival.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Congressman Andy Biggs<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with\u2064 Edward Dowd<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LONDON \u2064(Reuters) -The\u200c European Commission launched \u200dan investigation on Wednesday into whether to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reactions-to-eu-probe-of-chinese-electric-cars-imports\/\" title=\"EU probe of Chinese electric cars imports sparks mixed reactions.\">impose punitive tariffs<\/a>\u200c to \u2062protect European \u2062Union automakers against\u2026 \u200b <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) \u200d\u2013 \u200bABB is spending \u2064$280\u200c million on a new robotics factory in Sweden, the Swiss engineering\u2062 and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>PARIS (Reuters) \u2013 French Europe Minister Laurence Boon on Wednesday welcomed \u2063an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dollarama-raises-annual-sales-forecast-as-demand-for-essentials-thrives\/\" title=\"Dollarama boosts sales forecast as demand for essentials thrives.\">anti-subsidy investigation<\/a> into\u2062 Chinese electric vehicles \u2064launched by the\u2062 EU\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Mathieu \u200dRosemain and Silvia\u2063 Aloisi PARIS (Reuters) \u2013 Apple said on Wednesday its \u2063iPhone\u2062 12 model was \u200dcertified by multiple international\u2026 \u2062 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What concerns have \u2063lawmakers raised about the military&#8217;s reliance on public assistance in locating\u200c the\u2062 missing aircraft, and how does it affect the\u200b perception of the military&#8217;s \u200bcapabilities?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  A missing F-35B Lightning II Jet. Some argued that it reflects a lack of capability and readiness within the military. However, others believe \u2062that \u200cthe collaboration between the military\u2063 and the public can be a valuable asset in locating the missing aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 incident occurred on Sunday when the \u200bpilot safely\u200c ejected from the F-35B Lightning II\u2064 Jet during a &#8220;mishap&#8221; near Charleston, SC. \u2064Despite the successful ejection, the\u200c jet has yet to be found. Valued at approximately \u200c$80 million, this particular jet belongs to a training squadron from the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing based in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Joint Base Charleston, in coordination with \u2063MCAS BeaufortSC, took to Twitter \u2063to request public\u200b assistance in locating the missing aircraft. They posted a tweet asking anyone with information\u2064 to contact the Base \u2063Defense Operations Center. This\u200b call for \u2064public involvement raised concerns among lawmakers who questioned the military&#8217;s capabilities and readiness to handle \u200bsuch situations.<\/p>\n<p>The military&#8217;s reliance on public assistance may be\u2064 seen \u200bas a sign of weakness to some, but \u200bothers argue that\u2063 it highlights a collaborative approach\u200b that can prove beneficial. In today&#8217;s interconnected world, information can be obtained and shared rapidly, \u200cincreasing the \u2063chances of locating the\u2062 missing aircraft.\u200c Public involvement has played \u200dsuccessful roles\u2062 in various investigations and search operations in\u2064 the past.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u200c the military often turns to various resources, including civilian \u2063search and rescue teams, during \u200bemergencies or natural \u2063disasters. \u200bThese collaborations between the military and civilians have proven effective in saving\u200d lives and minimizing damage. The same principle can be applied to the search for the missing F-35B Lightning II Jet.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the public may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-examiners-byron-york-says-hunter-bidens-defense-team-was-confident-it-could-threaten-doj\/\" title=\"Byron York of the Washington Examiner claims Hunter Biden's defense team was confident in their ability to intimidate the DOJ.\">possess crucial information<\/a> that could aid in locating \u2064the aircraft. Witnesses may\u2064 have seen or heard something that could provide valuable leads. With technology allowing for easy dissemination of information, the public&#8217;s input could potentially expedite the \u200bsearch efforts.<\/p>\n<p>It\u200b is crucial to emphasize that calling upon the public \u200bfor assistance does\u2062 not indicate a lack of capability on the part of the military. Rather, it represents a proactive\u2064 and \u200dinclusive approach to problem-solving.\u2063 By engaging with the public, the \u2062military can \u2062harness collective knowledge and resources,\u200b potentially\u2063 enhancing the overall effectiveness of search and recovery\u2062 operations.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u200b case of the missing F-35B Lightning II Jet, it is imperative that all \u2063available resources and expertise be utilized to\u200c ensure its recovery. The collaboration between\u200b the\u2064 military and the public can prove to be a decisive factor\u2062 in locating the aircraft and preventing any potential threats or security breaches.<\/p>\n<p>As the search for the missing jet continues, it is hoped that the assistance of\u200b the public, in conjunction\u200d with the \u2062military&#8217;s expertise, will lead to a successful outcome. This incident serves as a\u2064 reminder of the\u200d importance of cooperation and collaboration in addressing complex challenges, even within\u2063 the realm \u200bof national security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II, a STOVL version of the Joint Strike Fighter, flies past during a Singapore Airshow preview. 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