Missing fighter jet - Azerbaijan launches offensive - Russell Brand demonetized

Source: Government Accountability Office

1. Summary
   On Monday evening military officials located the debris of an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter jet that went missing on Sunday. The jet's location was temporarily unknown after a Marine Corps pilot ejected himself from the plane due to an unknown "mishap." The pilot is safe.
   
   Before the debris field was located, Joint Base Charleston urged members of the public to reach out if they had "any information" on the missing jet's location, leading local Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican, to ask "how in the hell" a fighter jet could have gone missing. It was believed possible for the jet to have continued flying on autopilot after the pilot ejected himself. The jet's transponder was not working, complicating search efforts.
   
   One expert told Breaking Defense that the F-35's stealth technology may have made the missing jet more difficult to find. An F-35B jet costs about $135.8 million and the overall F-35 program is the Department of Defense's most expensive weapon system. The DOD estimates the program will cost $1.7 trillion over the course of its lifetime.

   Highly-rated - last 48 hrs
   Why the missing F-35 was hard to find — and didn’t stray too far.
   Breaking Defense (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 76% • 4 min read
   

1. Different political viewpoint
   Not so stealthy after all: missing F-35 fighter jet found.
   Gizmodo (Left) • Factual Grade 72% • 2 min read

1. Selected long-read
   Has the Pentagon learned from the F-35 debacle?
   Project on Government Oversight (Center) • Factual Grade 84% • 6 min read

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