Japanese F-35 fighter jet disappears over Pacific during exercise

A Japanese F-35A fighter jet with one pilot aboard disappeared Tuesday from radar over the Pacific during a training exercise after taking off from Misawa Air Base in northeastern Japan, the Air Self-Defense Force said.The stealth fighter was flying with three other aircraft off the coast of Aomori Prefecture some 135 kilometers east of the base when radar contact was lost around 7:27 p.m., it said.Radio communication cannot be established with the Lockheed Martin fighter, with Japanese defense authorities believing that it could have crashed, and search operations looking for the single-se…READ FULL ARTICLE