Originally Posted by
RAFEngO74to09
Early reports say officials are searching for the plane - presumably meaning it did not crash in the immediate area.
Also it might be an F-35C as the USMC fly both.
If it was based at MCAS Beaufort it will have been a B from VMFAT-501, the unit which experienced the first F-35 (of any type) loss in September 2018.