F35 is a flying dumpster fire (and that's notwithstanding the ones we sell internationally), so hearing of one suffering a critical failure and making a smoking hole in the ground - I'd believe all day long, but not being able to find it is a fucking distraction - most likely due to jewlinsky showing up here with his hand out and the gov 'debating' on whether to toss him another 24B in sheckles.
If one is missing, it has been stolen and sold to our enemies.
Pilots do not place their plane on autopilot to eject. If the plane would still fly while on autopilot by definition there is no emergency to justify ejection. Pilots eject because the plane is unrecoverable - it's a flying coffin.
This. The only exception would be a diversity hire chimping out because something beeped at him. That seems entirely plausible.
The only exception would be a diversity hire chimping out because something beeped at him. That seems entirely plausible.
This is definitely a possibility. Used to be only the most qualified reached pilot status, the top of that were fighter pilots, and the top of that qualified for the top fighter seats. Now, xhe is qualified because of (((reasons))).
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