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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Investigation underway after US accidentally shoots down US fighter jet
The U.S. military is conducting a “full investigation” into how the USS Gettysburg accidentally shot down a U.S. aircraft over the Red Sea in the early morning on Sunday. The pilot and weapons ...
F/A-18F Shot Down By Friendly Cruiser Was In The Middle Of A Refueling Mission
A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet was conducting a refueling mission over the Red Sea when it was downed in a friendly fire ...
New York Post3d
Second Navy jet nearly brought down by friendly fire in Red Sea
Not one but two F/A-18 Super Hornets were flying above the US guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg during anti-Houthi missions in the region when the Navy launched a pair of surface-to-air ...
Washington Examiner4d
Second Navy jet narrowly escaped ‘friendly fire’ over Red Sea
The second jet, flying several miles behind the downed aircraft, “was forced to take evasive maneuvers after a second surface-to-air missile was fired from the cruiser USS Gettysburg ...
Yahoo4d
Second US Navy fighter jet narrowly avoided being shot down in 'friendly fire' incident: source
A Navy official confirmed that a second SM-2 missile was fired from USS Gettysburg, adding that the Navy is investigating whether that missile was targeting the second jet. The Navy is also ...
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F/A-18F Shot Down By Friendly Cruiser Was In The Middle Of A Refueling Mission
The Ticonderoga class USS Gettysburg fired on the jet for reasons that are now under investigation. That cruiser also happens to be the first of its class to have gone through a deep modernization ...