CENTCOM said the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg “mistakenly fired on and hit the F/A-18” fighter aircraft, which was flown by the Navy pilots off another ship, the USS Harry S.
The F/A-18 Super Hornet launched from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was shot down by apparent “friendly fire” from the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg on Dec. 22. Although the ...
A Navy official confirmed that a second SM-2 missile was fired from USS Gettysburg, adding that the ... aerial vehicles (OWA UAV) and an anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) over the Red Sea." ...