The U.S. navy made Sunday an uncommon name to the general public to assist it find a lacking multimillion-dollar F-35 jet.
The stealth-capable U.S. fighter jet vanished after what authorities labeled a “mishap” and the pilot flying the plane within the southern state of South Carolina ejected.
The pilot survived, however the navy was left with an costly drawback: it could not discover the jet, main Joint Base Charleston to ask for assist from native residents.
“If in case you have any info that will assist our restoration groups find the F-35, please name the Base Protection Operations Middle,” a publish from the bottom learn on X, previously often called Twitter.
Base authorities stated they had been looking out, in coordination with federal aviation regulators, round two lakes north of the town of Charleston.
The planes, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, price round $80 million every.