Navy officers positioned a Particles Subject in South Carolina sooner or later after a Marine F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter jet went lacking.
The particles subject was positioned two hours northeast of Joint Base Charleston. Joint Base Charleston transferred incident command to the Marine Corps on Monday night time as soon as the particles subject was discovered, officers introduced.
On Sunday, officers described the lacking jet as a “mishap” and introduced an investigation.
As Breitbart Information reported:
A neighborhood report by WLTX stated two F-35B Lightning II jets had been flying round 2 p.m. Sunday when one of many pilots landed with out incident, however the different “enabled an unspecified automated flight system and ejected over North Charleston.”
In accordance with a publish by Joint Base Charleston on Fb, the pilot ejected after a “mishap.”
The pilot was discovered and brought to a hospital for therapy, and is in steady situation, based on the Fb publish. “Emergency response groups are nonetheless making an attempt to find the F-35,” the publish stated.
One native resident described listening to a “increase sound” on Sunday night time.
“I heard a airplane coming throughout. Look like it was flying comparatively low. Then I heard a increase sound. Properly, I simply took it and stated properly it’s in all probability a sonic increase. You understand once they as a result of it was flying actual quick,” Randolph White advised native shops.
“Members of the neighborhood ought to keep away from the world because the Restoration Staff Secures the particles subject,” officers stated in a press release. “We’re Transferring Incident Command to the USMC this night, as they start the restoration course of.”
Members of the neighborhood ought to keep away from the world because the restoration staff secures the particles subject. We’re transferring incident command to the USMC this night, as they start the restoration course of.
— Joint Base Charleston (@TeamCharleston) September 18, 2023
Earlier on Monday, the Marine Corps introduced a two-day pause on operations “to debate aviation security issues and finest practices.”
“This stand down [is] being taken to make sure the service is sustaining operational standardization of combat-ready plane with well-prepared pilots and crews,” the Marine Corps stated in a press launch.
“This pause invests time and power in reinforcing the Marine aviation neighborhood’s established insurance policies, practices and procedures within the pursuits of public security, defending our Marines and sailors, and making certain the Marine Corps stays a prepared and highly-trained combating pressure,” the press launch continued.
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