Aircrew members ejected safely and were rescued after a U.S. Navy F/A-18F from the USS Truman was shot down in a friendly ...
Unconfirmed accounts from two pilots, including the one shot down, described how the F/A-18F was engaged while recovering on ...
A $55.7 million F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft was shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent case of friendly fire, CENTCOM ...
The incident, though there are still many unknowns, underscores the risks of friendly fire in intense combat, especially a ...
The U.S. Navy's deployment of warships to the Middle East has been repeatedly described as the most intense naval combat the ...
This post has been updated with additional information on the timing of the incident. Two U.S. Navy aviators are safe after ...
The Super Hornet was flying over the Red Sea when guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg fired upon it, according to the ...
Right-wing commentators have tied the incident to broader concerns about alleged incompetence in the U.S. military.
As already reported, on Dec. 22, 2024, an F/A-18F Super Hornet, embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman, was shot down in what the U.S. Central Command called “an apparent case of friendly fire”.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) acknowledged in a 22 December statement the investigation into the shoot-down of an F/A-18 over ...