911 Call Shows Bizarre Circumstances of F-35 Ejection: ‘Not Sure Where the Airplane Is,’ Pilot Says

911 Call Shows Bizarre Circumstances of F-35 Ejection: ‘Not Sure Where the Airplane Is,’ Pilot Says
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II takes part in an aerial display during the Singapore Airshow 2022 at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore on Feb. 15, 2022. Suhaimi Abdullah/AP Photo
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.—A military pilot whose advanced fighter jet went temporarily missing over the weekend is heard repeatedly requesting an ambulance in a perplexing 911 call from the South Carolina home where he had parachuted to safety, according to an audio recording released Thursday to The Associated Press.

The four-minute recording captures the bizarre circumstances for the three unidentified people involved: a North Charleston resident calmly explaining that a pilot just parachuted into his backyard, the pilot who doesn’t know what became of his F-35 jet, and a puzzled dispatcher trying to make sense of it all.