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One of the most sophisticated and expensive fighter jets in the world went missing over the weekend after the pilot was forced to eject from the aircraft for unknown reasons.

A Marine Corps pilot safely ejected from the F-35 over North Charleston. The location of the aircraft is now unknown.

The mega expensive fighter jet is somewhere in South Carolina

A Marine Corps pilot safely ejected from a fighter jet over North Charleston on Sunday afternoon and the search for his missing aircraft was focused on two...

U.S. officials continue searching for an F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter that went missing under mysterious circumstances on Sunday. 

The pilot, whose name hasn't been released, parachuted to safety into a North Charleston neighborhood at around 2 p.m. Sunday. Christian Cortez, a Marine with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, said there was a mishap involving an F-35B Lightning II jet and that the search was ongoing Monday. Based on the missing plane's location and trajectory, the search was focused on Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion, said Senior Master Sgt. Heather Stanton at Joint Base Charleston.

The pilot parachuted into a neighborhood safely, but the Marine Corps. says his plane is still missing after he ejected from it.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Marine Corps pilot safely ejected from a fighter jet over North Charleston on Sunday afternoon and the search for his missing aircraft was focused on

The U.S. military is on the hunt for an F-35 fighter jet that went missing near North Charleston after its pilot ejected, but there is no sign that the jet crashed, officials said, according to local outlet News19.

NORTH CHARLESTON (AP) — Authorities searched near two South Carolina lakes on Monday for a military jet that apparently crashed after the pilot safely ejected over the weekend.