Unconfirmed accounts from two pilots, including the one shot down, described how the F/A-18F was engaged while recovering on ...
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"Friendly Fire" – Not!
The recent reporting of the downing of one of our U.S. Navy fighters by a U.S. Navy Cruiser in the Red Sea region, and then ...
US Central Command (CENTCOM) acknowledged in a 22 December statement the investigation into the shoot-down of an F/A-18 over ...
A U.S. Navy missile cruiser, USS Gettysburg, mistakenly targeted two F/A-18 Super Hornets during airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels. One plane was hit, causing the pilot and navigator to eject ...
A retired vice admiral offers perspective after Navy jet mistakenly shot down by Navy destroyer, military says ...
On Sunday morning Arabian Standard Time, a U.S. Navy ship mistakenly fired on a U.S. fighter jet in the Red Sea. Reports said the USS Gettysburg, a Ticonderoga-class missile-guided cruiser, fired on ...
The US nearly shot down a second Navy fighter jet over the Red Sea on Saturday — missing it by just 100 feet — in a friendly ...
An F/A-18 Super Hornet – flying a few miles behind the Hornet that was shot down in a "friendly fire" incident over the Red ...
Right-wing commentators have tied the incident to broader concerns about alleged incompetence in the U.S. military.
The incident, though there are still many unknowns, underscores the risks of friendly fire in intense combat, especially a ...
In a significant mishap over the Red Sea, a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet was inadvertently shot down by the guided-missile ...
Both pilots - who were on the same plane - were recovered alive after ejecting from the stricken aircraft, with one suffering ...