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Originally posted by Prefontaine:

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Originally posted by r0gue:
You would think they would have a data feed uplink of GPS to the moment of impact. Hell, my fucking Airpods tell me where they're at,.. incessantly.

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Originally posted by a1abdj:
$98,000,000 and they don't have any sort of tracking device on it?

Apple tags are $30

LMAO!

Agreed!

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Originally posted by Paten:
Well, it is a Stealth plane. Kinda defeats the purpose if you have a locator on it.

It communicates with AWACS and other .mil assets. It's not dark. And certainly not in peacetime over S. Carolina.

I feel like an idiot suggesting this, but you’d think there’d be a dead man locator, where the aircraft would transmit a gps ping after x amount of time if it fails to receive input from the pilot and is outside proximity. That being said, being under a few hundred feet of water might interfere even if it did.

I’m hoping they find and recover it before it before the pieces end up labeled “Scrap Metal” in a shipping container headed to China.

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Originally posted by MikeNH:
Seeing reports on Twitter saying the jet was on autopilot and "no evidence of a crash".

What?

Obviously, the on-board AI took control and added the plane to Sky-Net's assets at the hidden Arctic airbase.

Has anyone seen a report describing the condition that caused the pilot to believe that an ejection was necessary?

“The pilot ejected and parachuted safely into a residential area. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was in stable condition
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Officials are still investigating why the pilot ejected, authorities said. …”

https://mol.im/a/12530467

Why don’t they just ask him?

Wasn't there an incident a while back where a pilot ejected from one of these things while it was on the ground? IIRC there was some discussion here about the plane being set up to automatically eject the crew in certain circumstances. I wonder if something like that is what happened.

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Originally posted by Paten:
Well, it is a Stealth plane. Kinda defeats the purpose if you have a locator on it.

Well, one supposes such a locator could be turned off in peacetime. . .

Kind of funny - the USAF lost an 'invisible' jet. Well, yeah, that is why they build stealth airplanes. Because they are hard to find.

So the same gov that thinks I can’t be responsible enough to safely own and operate a semi-auto rifle, is asking the general public for help finding their $100M fighter/bomber?

Do I have that right?

Clowns.

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Originally posted by r0gue:

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Originally posted by Paten:
Well, it is a Stealth plane. Kinda defeats the purpose if you have a locator on it.

It communicates with AWACS and other .mil assets. It's not dark. And certainly not in peacetime over S. Carolina.

Via LINK16 and similar encrypted data systems. Which require power to operate.

They’ll find the jet. The most likely reason for the very confused reporting surrounding this episode is that journalists are idiots and terrible at accurately communicating information.

Yes there are idiosyncrasies when a jet designed to be stealthy goes down. And yes, it is much harder to find objects crashed in a forest than you might imagine. Much like the multiple weather balloons shot down in a surge of panic a few months ago, this is a strange story which we’ll likely never hear the full explanation for.

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Originally posted by arabiancowboy:
The most likely reason for the very confused reporting surrounding this episode is that journalists are idiots and terrible at accurately communicating information.

Cowboy has identified 99.99999% of the problem. Just sayin'...

Guys, I found it.

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Originally posted by 1s1k:
That doesn’t even seem possible in this day and age with the ridiculous amount of technology available.

It’s actually embarrassing that they have a missing persons report to the general public about this.

I know there is a difference between the Indian Ocean and the continental US, but look how long it took to narrow down the track of that airliner.

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Originally posted by Vgex:
I feel like an idiot suggesting this, but you’d think there’d be a dead man locator, where the aircraft would transmit a gps ping after x amount of time if it fails to receive input from the pilot and is outside proximity. That being said, being under a few hundred feet of water might interfere even if it did.

Again, wouldn't that be bad in wartime? Would you really want a locator in a super secret plane that a pilot or crew has to remember to turn off before a combat mission?

Atlantic Ocean seems possible, and it could be hard to find underwater. Th plane was near a largish lake, too. But even a crash in the woods could be hard to find.

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Originally posted by jhe888:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Vgex:
Again, wouldn't that be bad in wartime? Would you really want a locator in a super secrete plane that a pilot or crew has to remember to turn off before a combat mission?

My limited understanding is this plane was stateside, not currently performing clandestine stuff or in enemy or contested areas. So my idea should still be relevant.

If you're suggesting these planes should NEVER have that capability, because they are "stealthy" craft, to me, seems like a great way to commit fraud against the American taxpayer.

Deactivating said device, rather than having no device at all, makes way more sense during sensitive operations.

The F-35B has an automatic ejection, but I believe it is only operational with the jet in hover mode.

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Originally posted by Expert308:
Wasn't there an incident a while back where a pilot ejected from one of these things while it was on the ground? IIRC there was some discussion here about the plane being set up to automatically eject the crew in certain circumstances. I wonder if something like that is what happened.

Would like to hear from the pilot what he thinks went wrong and why he had to abandon the plane in flight. Not a good career move for a pilot.

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Originally posted by abnmacv:
Would like to hear from the pilot what he thinks went wrong and why he had to abandon the plane in flight. Not a good career move for a pilot.

See my post above on this page.

And these are the idiots who say I can't be trusted with an AR 15.

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Originally posted by r0gue:
You would think they would have a data feed uplink of GPS to the moment of impact. Hell, my fucking Airpods tell me where they're at,.. incessantly.

Kinda my thinking as well.
Don’t they track their flight on radar?
I do understand it’s stealth, but there has to be a way for the military to track their own aircraft in the air.