The US Marine Corps called 911 for help when it lost that F-35 jet over South Carolina in September

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An F-35 fighter jet flies over the sky during Fleet Week in San Francisco.

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Listen to the confusing 911 call made by a homeowner and the Marine pilot who landed in his backyard after ejecting from an F-35 stealth fighter

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A US marine checks a F-35B fighter jet during a press tour of the USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, at a South Korean naval port on March 23, 2023, in Busan, South Korea.
A US marine checks a F-35B fighter jet during a press tour of the USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, at a South Korean naval port on March 23, 2023, in Busan, South Korea.

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The Marine Corps' version of F-35 has a unique feature that could have played a role in the South Carolina crash

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An F-35B aircraft approaches a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft to re-fuel as it flies over the North Sea having taken off from RAF Fairford on July 1, 2016, in Gloucestershire, England.
An F-35B aircraft approaches a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft to re-fuel as it flies over the North Sea having taken off from RAF Fairford on July 1, 2016, in Gloucestershire, England.

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3 Marines were killed and 20 injured after a US helicopter crashed on a training exercise in northern Australia

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The Marines were killed when an MV-22 Osprey helicopter crashed in Australia.

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