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The F-35 fighter jet pilot parachuted 2,000 feet to the ground after an "aircraft failure" on board.

The jet went down in North Charleston and the pilot landed in the backyard. The homeowner called 911 and the laughs & questions keep coming.

The missing F-35 stealth jet presumed to have crashed in South Carolina over the weekend was spotted "almost going inverted" as it flew about 100 feet above the treetops just before the disaster, according to a witness.

A host of questions remain unanswered after a $100 million fighter jet went missing over the weekend before it was found crashed in a wooded area of rural South Carolina more than 24 hours later. Debris from the F-35B Lightning II jet, the Marine Corps variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, was found in Williamsburg County on…

Despite the recovery of the multimillion dollar F-35 jet, questions emerge about the pilot's ejection, the jet's non-responsive transponder and its autonomous flight.

The Marines have what’s left of their lost F-35 back and happily no one was hurt. But how the pilot-less fighter flew 50 to 60 miles at low altitude remains a question.

All Marine Corps aircraft, inside and outside the U.S., were grounded Monday after a stealth F-35 jet mysteriously disappeared in South Carolina, according to an order issued by Gen.

Lost in Translation The Marines have somehow lost an expensive fighter jet that could still be cruising around on autopilot after its human operator was ejected during what the branch is calling a "mishap." As NBC News and other outlets reported, there's a lot that's still unclear about what exactly happened when the roughly $80 million-per-unit […]

The military had asked for civilian help in finding the jet that suffered a 'mishap'