USN F/A-18 shot down by friendly fire over the Red Sea

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USN F/A-18 shot down by friendly fire over the Red Sea

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Two USN pilots ejected safely from their crippled F/A-18F after a friendly fire incident.

"The aircraft, an F/A-18, was operating from the USS Harry S. Truman when it was “mistakenly fired” upon by the USS Gettysburg, CENTCOM said. The USS Gettysburg, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, is part of the Truman carrier strike group, which entered the waters of the Middle East one week ago."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/21/politics ... index.html

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Re: USN F/A-18 shot down by friendly fire over the Red Sea

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Reported as a VFA-11 bird.
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