When you decide to eject because the computer just went haywire. Texas Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth where F-35B Joint Strike Fighter pilot ejects The pilot who reportedly ejected safely was a U.S. government employee, Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said during a Thursday press conference. The plane had not yet been transferred to the U.S. government, Ryder said. Lockheed manufactures the F-35B for the Marine Corps. The F-35B is the short takeoff and vertical