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EXCLUSIVE: At the identical night time a U.S. Navy fighter jet was shot down over the Pink Sea, a 2nd jet just about suffered the similar destiny. An F/A-18 Tremendous Hornet — gliding a couple of miles in the back of the Hornet that was once shot ailing — was once pressured to whip evasive maneuvers later a 2nd surface-to-air missile was once fired from the cruiser USS Gettysburg, narrowly lacking the second one jet by means of 100 ft date getting ready to land enroute the plane service Harry S. Truman, a supply with wisdom of the incident tells Fox Information.
A Navy official showed {that a} 2nd SM-2 missile was once fired from USS Gettysburg, including that the Military is investigating whether or not that missile was once concentrated on the second one jet.
The Military could also be having a look into whether or not the USS Gettysburg switched off the steering gadget on the second one missile. The similar shoot-down of a 2nd U.S. Military jet has now not been up to now reported.
U.S. Central Command, accountable for important airstrikes within the Heart East, together with the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, mentioned in a remark concerning the “friendly fire” incident previous this past: “The guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64), which is part of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, mistakenly fired on and hit the F/A-18, which was flying off the USS Harry S. Truman.”
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A U.S. Military F/A-18 Tremendous Hornet plane soars above the Baltic Sea Area, June 9, 2022. (U.S. Breeze Pressure photograph by means of Senior Airman Nicholas Quick)
The supply mentioned that’s not right kind. The F/A-18 Tremendous Hornet was once making an attempt to land enroute Truman when it was once shot ailing later appearing a midair refueling undertaking for jets sporting out airstrikes over Yemen, the supply mentioned.
“It was a tanker crew returning to land on the carrier about 10 miles out. They recognized the missile was guiding and punched out about three seconds before the missile hit the jet,” the supply mentioned.
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A fighter jet maneuvers at the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower within the Pink Sea, June 11, 2024. (AP Picture/Bernat Armangue)
The pilot and guns programs officer ejected and had been picked up by means of a rescue helicopter and returned to the service. One suffered “minor injuries,” in step with a Centcom remark.
Neither U.S. Central Command nor the Pentagon has disclosed a 2nd American fighter jet was once fired upon by means of the cruiser and narrowly have shyed away from getting shot ailing as neatly.
“The cruiser almost shot down two friendly jets,” the supply mentioned.
At the night time of the “friendly fire” incident, U.S. Central Command mentioned in a remark on X its “forces conducted precision airstrikes against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis within Houthi-controlled territory in Sana’a, Yemen, on Dec. 21 Yemen time.”
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg steams within the Mediterranean Sea, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP)
There have now not been any further moves in opposition to the Houthis from Truman for the reason that pleasant fireplace incident.
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Military pilots are indignant concerning the incident and query the learning enroute the USS Gettysburg, the supply mentioned, calling it “insufficient.”
The “friendly fire” incident took playground days later the Harry S. Truman plane service accident crew arrived within the Pink Sea. The Dec. 21 moves in opposition to the Houthis had been the primary for the accident crew since arriving off the coast of Yemen.
At the night time Truman introduced airstrikes in opposition to the Houthis, the American warships got here below fireplace, which will have contributed to the “friendly fire” incident.
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Within the statement announcing the strikes, Centcom mentioned, “During the [Dec. 21] operation, CENTCOM forces also shot down multiple Houthi one way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles (OWA UAV) and an anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) over the Red Sea.”