ASDF F15 Fighter jet missing

[Sherman A1]

Japanese defense ministry says an Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jet dropped off radar over the Sea of Japan after taking off from Komatsu Air Base in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan.

Officials say two people were reportedly on board. The jet disappeared five kilometers west-northwest of the base over the Sea of Japan.

The ministry suspects the plane may have crashed. It has started a search and is trying to confirm information.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220131_36/

[Emile]

1. I remember we were doing naval exercises in the Mediterranean

Sea with the USS Saratoga back in 69 or 70. A fighter jet fell into the sea on takeoff. The pilot ejected safely and the plane was lost. The Saratoga didn't stop to get the pilot, instead a destroyer was ordered to save him. I wondered even way back then how many tax dollars just sunk to the bottom of the sea. A lot of wasteful tax dollars are spent policing the world.

[2naSalit]

2. And polluting the oceans.