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Jura The idiot

Jura The idiot

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by the way
Sep 28, 2018
Jura said:
I'll press 'Like' above just to acknowledge
Timmymagic
was the first to post this important news; now checked and it's happened:
F-35B crashes near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina

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Marine Corps F-35B Has Crashed Near MCAS Beaufort In South Carolina
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so what's the outcome?

did I miss a report?
 
Jura The idiot

Jura The idiot

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TerraN_EmpirE said:
If so it’s not funny. Japanese media is reporting it starting with NHK.
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in what you linked there's

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that the jet went missing with the Defense Ministry, stating:

"The Defense Ministry said Tuesday that an Air Self-Defense Force F-35A fighter disappeared from radar over the Pacific Ocean.

The fighter jet vanished from radar east of Aomori Prefecture at 7:27 p.m., the ministry said, adding that it is still confirming the details."
 
Air Force Brat

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Jura said:
in what you linked there's

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that the jet went missing with the Defense Ministry, stating:

"The Defense Ministry said Tuesday that an Air Self-Defense Force F-35A fighter disappeared from radar over the Pacific Ocean.

The fighter jet vanished from radar east of Aomori Prefecture at 7:27 p.m., the ministry said, adding that it is still confirming the details."
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Very sad, the F-35 is after all a fighter aircraft, I would imagine it was flown into the water during maneuvering, some distraction... overwater operations at night are very, very dangerous.. the F-35 is so easy to fly it might have lulled someone into complacence
 
localizer

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i like how the article mentions defection & China

tho China’s proly sending its subs to help find it
 
Jura The idiot

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Air Force Brat said:
Very sad, the F-35 is after all a fighter aircraft, I would imagine it was flown into the water during maneuvering, some distraction... overwater operations at night are very, very dangerous.. the F-35 is so easy to fly it might have lulled someone into complacence
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A Japanese F-35A fighter jet is missing; remaining 12 are grounded
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MELBOURNE, Australia — A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A fighter jet has gone missing off the coast of northern Japan, with a search mission now underway.

Local media reported that contact with the Lockheed Martin-made stealth fighter was lost just before 7:30 p.m. local time, with the aircraft’s last reported location identified over the Pacific Ocean about miles 85 miles east of Misawa city in Aomori prefecture, in the northern part of Japan’s main island of Honshu.

Japan’s national public broadcaster, NHK, quoting Japan Air Self-Defense Force officials, reported that the missing F-35A was one of four JASDF F-35As that had taken off from nearby Misawa Air Base for a training mission at 7:00 p.m. local time.

The officials added that Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force aircraft and vessels have begun a search mission. Japan’s Coast Guard said it is sending two vessels to join in the search. Other JASDF aircraft, most likely search-and-rescue U-125A jets and UH-60J Black Hawk helicopters that are deployed throughout Japanese air bases, have also reportedly joined the search efforts.

Speaking to reporters, Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said the JASDF will ground the 12 remaining F-35As for the time being.

Japan had only stood up its first F-35A squadron at the end of last month, with the 302nd Hikotai established in Misawa with 13 F-35As following its transfer from Hyakuri, north of Japan’s capital Tokyo, where it had been operating the Mitsubishi F-4EJ Phantom II.
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Jura said:
by the way
Sep 28, 2018
so what's the outcome?

did I miss a report?
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localizer said:
i like how the article mentions defection & China

tho China’s proly sending its subs to help find it
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If you have read other articles from Tyler Rogoway, you would have known that is what he does "turning anything to be confrontational whenever possible, or mocking". I know you are being sarcastic a bit, while I have stopped reading his report all together.
 
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