In a tragic incident, a US Navy vessel mistakenly shot down an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet in a friendly fire occurrence while patrolling the Red Sea, resulting in the aircraft's destruction but allowing both pilots to eject safely.
The incident occurred shortly after the F/A-18, part of the Red Rippers squadron, took off from the USS Harry S. Truman. How the USS Gettysburg mistook the fighter jet for an enemy aircraft will be evaluated during the ongoing investigation.
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