September 19, 2023 | Image source | An $80 million F-35B stealth fighter jet was recovered north of Joint Base Charleston after the pilot ejected from the aircraft in the afternoon on Sunday, September 17th. Debris from the jet was found on Monday, about two hours northeast of the base. After the incident, all Marine Corps aircraft, inside and outside of the USA, were grounded.
The incident Sunday is the third crash in one month involving Marine Corps aircrafts. In a training flight near San Diego, an F-18 pilot died and three Marines were killed and others were wounded in an Osprey crash off the coast Australian coast. There have been numerous aviation near misses as well as helicopter crashes in Alabama, Alaska, and Kentucky.
These events raise serious questions regarding aircraft and helicopter safety. In June, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg warned that some aircrafts do not yet have the necessary updated equipment that would prevent interference from 5G wireless transmissions.
5G networks and F-35’s are known to be hackable. Additionally, 5G is known to potentially interfere with radar altimeters used by military, commercial and civilian aircraft as well as helicopters.
What we know about the Marine Corps F-35 crash in South Carolina (marinecorpstimes.com)
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Military may take months to gauge 5G safety risks to aircraft (defensenews.com)
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F-35’s Hacking Vulnerability | Could the F-35 Be Hacked? (popularmechanics.com)
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