uphillbothwaysUS military asks for help to find missing F-35 fighter jet after ‘mishap’ sees pilot eject
Search for F-35B Lightning II fighter jet focused on two lakes after Marine Corps pilot ejected over North Charleston for unknown reason...
JayLocal congresswoman Nancy Mace said: “How in the hell do you lose an F-35? How is there not a tracking device and we’re asking the public to what, find a jet and turn it in?”
No expert, but I’d think tracking devices on military equipment would be a pretty bad idea… especially if you can’t guarantee who else can pick up those signals.
IlovethebombThere are EPIRBs that have impact switches and will activate in the event of a crash, but aren’t meant to work underwater.
Big passenger jets have an underwater beacon of some type.
Even that might not be ideal on military equipment. In a war zone if your plane goes down you don't want to advertise to the enemy where to find it and the pilot.
Yeah, but this isn’t a war zone. It’s US territory. They should have transponders on the plane that can be switched off when going into an actual war zone.
They do.