The mistaken downing of an F/A-18 Super Hornet in December bears similarities with the tragic downing of an Iran passenger ...
For more than half of 2024, the view for the sailors aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) or one of the destroyers attached to the carrier strike group was much of the same. Water. Blistering heat ...
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"Friendly Fire" – Not!
The recent reporting of the downing of one of our U.S. Navy fighters by a U.S. Navy Cruiser in the Red Sea region, and then ...
US Central Command (CENTCOM) acknowledged in a 22 December statement the investigation into the shoot-down of an F/A-18 over ...
A retired vice admiral offers perspective after Navy jet mistakenly shot down by Navy destroyer, military says ...
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 the USS Gettysburg, a Ticonderoga-class missile-guided cruiser, fired on ...
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 ...
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 ...
Right-wing commentators have tied the incident to broader concerns about alleged incompetence in the U.S. military.
A friendly fire incident in the Red Sea this past weekend that saw a U.S. Navy Ticonderoga class cruiser down an F/A-18F ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” ...
The incident, though there are still many unknowns, underscores the risks of friendly fire in intense combat, especially a ...