A Marine Corps F-35 pilot successfully ejected from his stealth fighter jet this afternoon next to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Details are few as of now, but base PA has confirmed the incident.
Talk on the local Charleston dispatch and ATC also note the pilot ejected at 2,000 ft., with last radar contact about 7 miles northeast of Lake Moultrie, a few miles north of the base. The pilot made it out safely, and then showed up about 10 miles away in the middle of a residential neighborhood at a house on South Kenwood Drive in North Charleston.
The pilot was sent to a local hospital to be checked out. His wingman landed in another F-35 back to Joint Base Charleston.
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