Posted on Dec 22, 2024

Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident, US military says

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Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident, US military says

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Dubai CENTCOM

Posted 1 y ago

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MSgt Steven Holt, NRP, CCEMT-P

Posted 1 y ago

Either the F-18 was squawking the wrong ID or someone on the Gettysburg doesn't know how to verify IFF systems. But as they say, "War is Hell" and sometimes bad things happen to good people.

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

1 y

Thank goodness their system worked so they were successfully rescued!

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

Posted 1 y ago

We did this to ourselves~ not good

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Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident, US military says

Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident, US military says

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