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F-22 Raptor goes missing in Alaska

Coded-Dude

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A search was under way Wednesday for an overdue Air Force F-22 fighter jet based at a military facility near Anchorage.

Corinna Jones, a spokeswoman at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, said the jet was on a training mission and lost contact with air traffic control at 7:40 p.m. Tuesday. The plane carries one pilot.

The aircraft is assigned to Elmendorf's 3rd Wing, Jones said. The Air Force has not released the pilot's name.
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eye95

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No. Military aviation accidents are part of the business. The only way someone would need to be fired is if it were proven that the cause was either willful or negligent.

I suspect he thought the headline meant the it-was-just-here-a-second-ago or the anyone-seen-my-plane kind of missing.
 
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Citizen

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F22 Raptor missing?

Watch. It will be just my luck. The next time I'm stopped by a cop, he'll want to seize my F22 Raptor "for officer safety" and then run the serial number to see if it has been reported stolen.

"No, officer. I do not consent to any searches or seizures. And, I don't know where those air-to-air missles came from. The pylons were empty when I left the grocery store just a few minutes ago."


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