In less than six months, the USS Harry Truman has experienced three incidents where its F/A-18F Super Hornet jets have fallen into the Red Sea, highlighting serious operational issues. The latest incident, involving a $67 million aircraft losing control during landing, has raised eyebrows given the financial implications amid the Pentagon's strained budget. The Navy has acknowledged the troubling pattern and launched investigations, including the discharge of the commanding officer following a previous crash caused by friendly fire.
For the third time in six months, an uber-expensive military fighter jet has fallen into the sea from the same Navy warship amid continued American strikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels.
In a statement to the outlet, the Navy said that both aviators were safely ejected from the two-seater 'Super Hornet' jet, as they're nicknamed, and neither sustained major injuries.
In late December, shortly after the Nimitz-class warship exited the Suez Canal in North Africa and reached the Middle East, yet another F/A-18F crashed into the Red Sea - though on that occasion, it was the result of mistaken friendly fire.
Thus far, the only results we've seen from those probes were the firing of the Truman's commanding officer after the February crash.
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