The jet was lost after a pilot ejected Sunday afternoon, triggering a search that lasted for more than a day for the roughly $80 million aircraft and frustration among lawmakers.
Marine Corps Commandant Eric Smith on Monday issued a two-day aviation stand-down after an F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter jet went missing the day before.
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Debris from an advanced Marine Corps F-35B jet fighter that went missing during a weekend training flight was located in a rural section of South Carolina on Monday.