After the disappearance of an American stealth aircraft on Sunday, the army appealed to citizens to help find the fighter jet.
On Sunday afternoon, the pilot of an F-35 was ejected from the aircraft in the state of South Carolina (South).
The latter survived, but the American army faced a completely different problem: it was impossible to locate the plane. This prompted the Air Force base in the southern South Carolina city of Charleston to ask local residents for help.
“If you have any information that could help our rescue teams locate the F-35, please call the Base Defense Operations Center,” the military facility wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
Air base officials said they were conducting searches around two lakes north of Charleston in coordination with federal aviation regulators.
The F-35 fighter jets manufactured by Lockheed Martin cost around $80 million each.