FILE - A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, east of Paris, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. On Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, a Marine Corps pilot safely ejected from an F-35 Lightning II over North Charleston, S.C. The search for his missing aircraft was focused on two lakes north of North Charleston, military officials said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Airmen from Joint Base Charleston coordinate at the crash site of an F-35 to recover the fighter jet in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Henry Taylor/The Post And Courier via AP)

Local law enforcement and airmen from Joint Base Charleston set up a tent and tables to begin coordinating recovery efforts for a stealth fighter jet that crashed in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Henry Taylor/The Post And Courier via AP)

FILE - A United States Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II takes part in an aerial display during the Singapore Airshow 2022 at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, Feb. 15, 2022. A Marine Corps pilot safely ejected from a fighter jet over South Carolina and the search for his missing aircraft was focused on two lakes near North Charleston. Military officials say the pilot parachuted safely into a North Charleston neighborhood Sunday Sept. 17, 2023. He was taken to a hospital and was in stable condition. The pilot's name has not been released. A search for the missing F-35 was focused on Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion, which are north of North Charleston. (AP Photo/Suhaimi Abdullah file)

Pilots exit a Florence County Sheriff's Office helicopter after locating the position of a stealth fighter jet that crash-landed the previous day in a nearby field in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Henry Taylor/The Post And Courier via AP)

Dylan Hysong, 14, climbs up to the top of a deer stand to get a better look of local law enforcement and Airmen from Joint Base Charleston during recovery efforts for a stealth fighter jet that crashed just outside of the family's backyard the previous day in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Henry Taylor/The Post And Courier via AP)

James Lawrence, left, and Carla Fisk scope Lake Moultrie to look for a stealth fighter jet that allegedly landed in the area in Bonneau, S.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Henry Taylor/The Post And Courier via AP)

Airmen from Joint Base Charleston walk down Old Georgetown Road when setting up a base during the recovery process for an F-35 that crash landed in a field nearby in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Henry Taylor/The Post And Courier via AP)

A law enforcement helicopter hovers over the location of a debris field from the crash of a stealth fighter jet in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Henry Taylor/The Post And Courier via AP)

Airmen from Joint Base Charleston speak to a family living right next to the site of a crashed F-35 about the operation to recover the fighter jet and requests for the family in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Henry Taylor/The Post And Courier via AP)

Local law enforcement and airmen from Joint Base Charleston coordinate after locating a crashed stealth fighter jet in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Henry Taylor/The Post And Courier via AP)