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U.S. Military Asks for Help Finding Missing F-35 Fighter Jet (time.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Seriously though, how do you lose a fighter jet in US airspace?

Nobody noticed it on radar? Nobody noticed the boom when it hit the ground? Just wtf?

e: I asked my dad, who was in the Air Force during Korea and has been a test pilot, FAA inspector, and has designed civilian planes ever since. My question:

Sorry to bug you, but I’m curious on your expert opinion. How do we lose a fighter jet in US airspace? Like, how does air traffic control not have tracked it, and how does the air force lose track of it? How did nobody notice a boom? The pilot ejected, so how do we not know where this thing is? I’m very confused.

And his answer:

I have no idea 🙂. Just don’t seem right.

e2: to the person who DM’d me then deleted (I think? I can’t respond and this thread now crashes my client) I expect domestic systems would detect an explosion in the air, and a large number of systems would detect one on the ground, which covers every scenario I can think of. That’s what I meant.

I addressed him that way because we don’t talk much. We’re both engineers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"I don't know what scares me more: The fact you lost it, or the fact you lose so many, there's a name for it."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recall many years ago, a pilot where I grew up bailed out of his F18. Not exactly what happened, but the aircraft stabilized and went FAR before it finally crashed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well it has a lot of engine, a lot of stealth, and an autopilot. Makes it a nightmare. Hopefully is crashed into the Atlantic.