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

[skaredshtles]

I was thinking the same thing. I’ve seen it quoted as 100-135 mil.

Depreciation on those things is BRUTAL.

[BmillsSkier]

Hey, it's just the marketplace driving the price down.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Memo to all Marines:
Please point your plane downwards before punching out.
Thanks,
DoD

[Toadman]

So, they still haven't found it? I'm thinking it was hacked by the Chinese who took it over and attached to one of their weather balloons. It's probably somewhere over the Atlantic on it's way to China by now.

[basinbeater]

Military Personnel Seen Wandering Forest Pressing Button On F-35 Key Fob
https://babylonbee.com/news/marines-...ton-on-key-fob

Now that's funny.

[stuckathuntermtn]

So, they still haven't found it? I'm thinking it was hacked by the Chinese who took it over and attached to one of their weather balloons. It's probably somewhere over the Atlantic on it's way to China by now.

No, they found it. Just not right away because it kept going after the pilot ejected (still unknown why they did) and the ejection and crash destroyed any transponders that the searchers could have been on.

[dunfree]

Isn't $80MM really cheap for a fighter? Was this the four-banger version? Cloth seats?

the helmet is like $500k because they integrated the hud into it

[subtle plague]

Heh. Best thread ik weeks.

I'll chime in: in a few years we will get " F-35 bear, based on a true story".

[Timberridge]

I'd bet even titanium is no match for a hungry black bear. Pilot leaves a bag of chips under his seat and....

[Dexter Rutecki]

On the plus side, now we don't have to keep arguing with all those morons who said it wouldn't get off the treadmill.

[basinbeater]

That's cause this one takes off vertically fool.

[The AD]

No, they found it. Just not right away because it kept going after the pilot ejected (still unknown why they did) and the ejection and crash destroyed any transponders that the searchers could have been on.

I'm a bit surprised that the military doesn't know exactly where every airplane is that's in the air (and probably on the ground, too) at all times. Seems strange that an ejection would make it go dark.

[PB]

Yeah; the reports I've heard state that the transponder wasn't signaling before it hit the ground, maybe even before pilot ejected.

[PB]

Depreciation on those things is BRUTAL.

... especially after augering in.

[The AD]

... especially after augering in.

Meh, that'll buff right out.

[Brownski]

That's cause this one takes off vertically fool.

Thanks for reminding me I want to incorporate “fool” into my conversations more. I can’t wait to hear why the pilot ejected. The military keeps saying he had a “mishap” like nobody’s gonna ask what that means. Did he spill coffee in his lap and accidentally pull the eject handle? Fishing around between his legs for a dropped phone maybe?

[riser4]

Thanks for reminding me I want to incorporate “fool” into my conversations more. I can’t wait to hear why the pilot ejected. The military keeps saying he had a “mishap” like nobody’s gonna ask what that means. Did he spill coffee in his lap and accidentally pull the eject handle? Fishing around between his legs for a dropped phone maybe?

Stroking it.

[EWG]

Thanks for reminding me I want to incorporate “fool” into my conversations more. I can’t wait to hear why the pilot ejected. The military keeps saying he had a “mishap” like nobody’s gonna ask what that means. Did he spill coffee in his lap and accidentally pull the eject handle? Fishing around between his legs for a dropped phone maybe?

Don't text and fly kids.

[Ted Striker]

RE: the transponder, it can be turned off. On any airplane. Technically, you don't even need one (or a radio) if you don't fly into controlled airspace.

News reports (so grain of salt) claim that it was unserviceable prior to the flight.

To paraphrase Strangelove, the whole point of a stealth aircraft is lost if it's trackable.

[Dexter Rutecki]

That's cause this one takes off vertically fool.

Yeah, off of the fucking treadmill! Snap.

[Dexter Rutecki]

RE: the transponder, it can be turned off. On any airplane. Technically, you don't even need one (or a radio) if you don't fly into controlled airspace.

News reports (so grain of salt) claim that it was unserviceable prior to the flight.

To paraphrase Strangelove, the whole point of a stealth aircraft is lost if it's trackable.

Stfu. What do you know about aeroplanes?

[JimmyCarter]

Stfu. What do you know about aeroplanes?

He flew single engine fighters in the Air Force, but this plane has four engines. It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether.

[SumJongGuy]

Stfu. What do you know about aeroplanes?

He knows they are a metal bird with engines used to fly people and stuff around but that's not important right now..

[Skistack]

He flew single engine fighters in the Air Force, but this plane has four engines. It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether.

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[Dexter Rutecki]

He flew single engine fighters in the Air Force, but this plane has four engines. It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether.

Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?