Downing of Super Hornet remains under investigation
On Dec. 22, after taking off from the Norfolk-based USS Harry S. Truman, a F/A-18 F Super Hornet was hit by weapons fired from the USS Gettysburg.
Second US Navy fighter jet narrowly avoided being shot down in 'friendly fire' incident: source
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 Sea – took evasive maneuvers after a second surface-to-air missile was fired ...
US Navy's friendly-fire F/A-18 accident echoes a 1988 tragedy
The mistaken downing of an F/A-18 Super Hornet in December bears similarities with the tragic downing of an Iran passenger ...
Red Sea Attacks Are Testing Combat Information Centers Aboard U.S. Navy Warships Like Never Before
The Combat Information Center (CIC) is the nerve center and tactical brain of a U.S. Navy surface combatant. With this in ...
US Navy carries out strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen
The more than a dozen strikes in Sana'a and other parts of Yemen are the first major ones since the Navy shot down its own ...
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Houthi attack risk complicates Navy’s calculus on retrieving downed fighter jet, analysts say
Recovery of a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet recently downed over the Red Sea likely hinges on what’s left of the wreckage and how ...
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National Security: Friendly fire
Last week, over the Red Sea, the Navy lost an F-18F Super Hornet to friendly fire. The aircraft was shot down by a surface-to ...
Second Navy jet nearly brought down by friendly fire in Red Sea
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 ...
No answers yet on what led to the friendly fire shoot-down of Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet in Red Sea
The cause of the friendly fire shoot-down of a Naval Air Station Oceana-based jet over the Red Sea remains a mystery. After ...
Retired naval aviator shares insight on ‘friendly fire’ incident in the Red Sea
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 ...
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Let’s Examine the Pilots’ Accounts Emerged After the Friendly Fire Incident Involving the F/A-18 Over the Red Sea
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) steams in the Mediterranean Sea, Dec. 15, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaitlin Young ...