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re: F-35 jet found / Marines ground all aviation units worldwide

Posted on 9/18/23 at 3:56 pm to
Posted by Bobby OG Johnson
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 9/18/23 at 3:56 pm to
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Military Personnel Seen Wandering Forest Pressing Button On F-35 Key Fob




Posted by FOBW
N.O.
Member since Sep 2016
471 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 3:56 pm to
Was this a vtol variant?

What if the chicoms were waiting in a field with equipment and personnel to containerize the plane and hit the road. Can’t imagine how much r&d is in that plane.
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
37027 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 3:57 pm to
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No units are allowed to fly until they have a two-day discussion about safety measures and procedures, the commandant said in a service-wide email on Monday.


Wait, so we want to talk about these things AFTER our $120,000,000 jet flies away?

This makes me think there might be a bit more to this story than just some pilot accidentally ejecting.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
16072 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:02 pm to
quote:

Was this a vtol variant?


Probably, since a jarhead was flying it.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
8864 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:07 pm to
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JUST IN - Marine Corps issue a two-day "stand-down" for "all aviation units" both "inside and outside" of the U.S. following the disappearance of a F-35 warplane — ABC

no one will address the ACTUAL issue we're having, which is retention of talent. but we'll beat to death things like "having a culture of safety".

i dont know anything about the specifics of this individual incident, but there have been a ton of problems over the past year both on the air and ground side, and there is no way it isnt related to the hemorrhaging of quality NCOs, SNCOs, and officers we've been going through.
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
24000 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:09 pm to
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i dont know anything about the specifics of this individual incident, but there have been a ton of problems over the past year both on the air and ground side, and there is no way it isnt related to the hemorrhaging of quality NCOs, SNCOs, and officers we've been going through.


Would you want to take orders from a potato?
Posted by CaptSpaulding
Member since Feb 2012
6974 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:10 pm to


I always thought a big plot hole in this movie was what happened to all the airplanes.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
8864 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:11 pm to
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Would you want to take orders from a potato?

it's less about that (but that is part), and more about the fact that our 3 and 4 stars have become little more than political apparatchiks themselves, and Marines dont trust them.
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
24000 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:13 pm to
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and Marines dont trust them.


Nor do I.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
8864 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:15 pm to
ok. good talk.
Posted by kengel2
Team Gun
Member since Mar 2004
33727 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:26 pm to
quote:

no one will address the ACTUAL issue we're having, which is retention of talent. but we'll beat to death things like "having a culture of safety".




You dont need to run 3 miles in 18 minutes to fix a damn IFF system.
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
22277 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:26 pm to
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Marines dont trust them.


My son is a retired Marine officer. He says he hopes if Trump gets into office again he fires all generals and admirals. He says there are some good ones, but most got their stars through politics.
Posted by Packer
IE, California
Member since May 2017
8699 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:29 pm to
In unrelated news, MCAS Cherry Point tactfully acquired a new F35.
Posted by artompkins
Orange Beach, Al
Member since May 2010
6370 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:30 pm to
Does this mean they will finally stop looking for those 3/6 rifles? Lol
Posted by thegambler
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
2146 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:30 pm to
And yet, I have an app to find my phone
Posted by lsufan1971
Zachary
Member since Nov 2003
24222 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:35 pm to
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
156576 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:35 pm to
quote:

This makes me think there might be a bit more to this story than just some pilot accidentally ejecting.

I mean, was it partially controlled by fricking AI and the pilot “got ejected”? I’m half joking but also kinda half serious.
Posted by DisplacedBuckeye
Member since Dec 2013
76732 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:44 pm to
quote:

My son is a retired Marine officer. He says he hopes if Trump gets into office again he fires all generals and admirals. He says there are some good ones, but most got their stars through politics.


Does your son know that most of these generals got their first or subsequent stars while Trump was in office?
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
182285 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:52 pm to
This post was edited on 9/18/23 at 4:53 pm
Posted by Cromulent
Down the Bayou
Member since Oct 2016
3346 posts
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:54 pm to
You are a pathetic loser
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