Posted on Apr 29, 2025
Mishap on US aircraft carrier as $70m fighter jet goes overboard
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A $70M ooops.
An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday, the Navy said.
An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday, the Navy said.
Mishap on US aircraft carrier as $70m fighter jet goes overboard
Posted from dailymail.co.ukPosted in these groups: Aircraft Carriers
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6217: Fixed-Wing Aircraft Mechanic, F/A-18
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Agreed. Didn't rise, I mean sink to the $ level needed for a free pass. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-equipment-taliban-afghanistan-sigar-report/
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MSG Thomas Currie
Here is another account of the incident that gives additional information. If this is correct, I doubt very much that anyone will be found at fault.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/u-s-navy-accidentally-throws-64-million-jet-overboard-off-the-coast-of-yemen/ar-AA1DRq8r
"While trying to escape from a Yemeni missile and drone attack, the U.S.S. Harry Truman veered so hard that a F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet fell from the aircraft carrier into the Red Sea..."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/u-s-navy-accidentally-throws-64-million-jet-overboard-off-the-coast-of-yemen/ar-AA1DRq8r
"While trying to escape from a Yemeni missile and drone attack, the U.S.S. Harry Truman veered so hard that a F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet fell from the aircraft carrier into the Red Sea..."
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