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    Missing: $80MM Fighter Jet; does not respond to commands, likely frightened

    Anyone find a wayward F-35 today? The Marine Corps may want to talk to you as they don't know where it is either and have "asked the public for help".

    https://www.postandcourier.com/news/...a1e188902.html
    I still call it The Jake.

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    I’m scouring Craigslist for the For Sale ad. I’d assume it would be listed in aviation but am checking Heavy Equipment, Recreational Vehicles, as well as Toys&Games.

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    Guess that stealth technology has come a long way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peruvian View Post
    I’m scouring Craigslist for the For Sale ad. I’d assume it would be listed in aviation but am checking Heavy Equipment, Recreational Vehicles, as well as Toys&Games.
    "Some body damage, still flies great. No lowball offers I kNoW whaT I gOt!"
    I still call it The Jake.

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    lady driven?

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    As if we didn’t already have enough to worry about.

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    It went down in SC somewhere? If so, the fuselage has already been turned into a barbecue pit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Timberridge View Post
    It went down in SC somewhere? If so, the fuselage has already been turned into a barbecue pit.
    Holy shit are hillbillies innovative.

    I still call it The Jake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cono Este View Post
    As if we didn’t already have enough to worry about.
    LOL, you worried about this? Just wait until you hear about the missing nuclear weapons.

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    Conair 2 is gonna be sick.
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    Quote Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain View Post
    LOL, you worried about this? Just wait until you hear about the missing nuclear weapons.
    Ahh, yeah... there called Broken Arrow Incidents
    https://www.atomicarchive.com/almana...ows/index.html

    The finder/seller should register as a foreign agent and expand his market exposure
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    Quote Originally Posted by BmillsSkier View Post
    Conair 2 is gonna be sick.
    Pilot could have had an accomplice... Disable the beacon.. Pilot bails with a story of plane being unresponsive.. Leaving the accomplice to fly to some remote location to stash the 80 million dollar score.
    Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!

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    The magats (not maggots) have surely stripped it for souvenirs since it was paid for with their tax dollars, and then they took a crap where the pilots chair used to be.
    sigless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain View Post
    LOL, you worried about this?
    It could have crashed into a dad and daughter dance!
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    And there will come a day when our ancestors look back...........

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    They should've put an air tag on it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobMc View Post
    They should've put an air tag on it.
    I came here to say this.

    But seriously, why didnt they?

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    they did... it's called a transponder and built to indistructo levels. This bird has to be prit tee wadded up

    eta: stealth military aircraft can turn their Ident off, but no way this would be the case on/over home soil
    ​I am not in your hurry

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    It's a Decepticon better know as Starscream.

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    I think the MCAS should consider giving this guy a call

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    Quote Originally Posted by BmillsSkier View Post
    I think the MCAS should consider giving this guy a call

    When he finds the person who stole it he's going to let them have a smoke in the back of the SUV while he prays for them before turning them in.
    Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!

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    did they check the junk drawer?

    look in the couch cushions?
    "fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
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    "everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy

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    Quote Originally Posted by SumJongGuy View Post
    When he finds the person who stole it he's going to let them have a smoke in the back of the SUV while he prays for them before turning them in.
    Mahalo, brah.
    I still call it The Jake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SumJongGuy View Post
    When he finds the person who stole it he's going to let them have a smoke in the back of the SUV while he prays for them before turning them in.
    Ahh, the Diviner of Stewpidz.

    It's the hair-glasses' synergistic effect that elevates this specimen. You've got to admit, he's good at what he does
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gepeto View Post
    they did... it's called a transponder and built to indistructo levels. This bird has to be prit tee wadded up

    eta: stealth military aircraft can turn their Ident off, but no way this would be the case on/over home soil
    Maybe the transponder had the same issue as the PIEPS beacons and turned itself off? I wonder if you can warranty an F35 from Lockheed Martin?

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    This jet was not part of a gender reveal party?
    "We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully." - Randy Pausch

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