(AMP) 22DEC2024

Yesterday, a USN F/A-18 (two seat) was shot down over the Red Sea in what appears to be a friendly fire incident. They had just flown off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier.
“The guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, which is part of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, mistakenly fired on and hit the F/A-18,” Central Command said in a statement.
Both crew members from Strike Fighter Squadron 11 out of NAS Oceana ejected safely and were recovered alive.