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So let me get this straight. :patrice:




These two were doing a bombing run against a group of terrorists that don't have their own air force, and
who Are all stuck on the ground. But somehow, the support team gives friendly fire to the only other airplanes in the sky? :skip:




The houthis only have a single cold war jet in their entire air force and it wasn't out that day.:snoop:




US shoots down two of its own navy pilots over Red Sea in ‘apparent friendly fire’ incident​

Pilots recovered alive – one with minor injuries – after ejecting from fighter jet as US military says its guided missile cruiser ‘mistakenly’ fired on the F/A-18






Two US navy pilots were shot down over the Red Sea on Sunday in an “apparent case of friendly fire”, the US military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in more than a year of the country targeting Yemen’s Houthis.

Both pilots were rescued alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries. But the incident underlines just how dangerous the Red Sea corridor has become amid the ongoing attacks on shipping by the Iranian-backed Houthis despite US and European military coalitions patrolling the area.







The US military had conducted airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi at the time, though the military’s Central Command (Centcom) did not elaborate on what their mission was.

The F/A-18 shot down had just flown off the deck of the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, Centcom said. On 15 December Centcom acknowledged the Truman had entered the Middle East, but hadn’t specified that the carrier and its battle group was in the Red Sea.

“The guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, which is part of the USS Harry S Truman Carrier Strike Group, mistakenly fired on and hit the F/A-18,” Centcom said in a statement. The incident was being investigated.

From the military’s description, the aircraft shot down was a two-seat F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet assigned to the “Red Rippers” of strike fighter quadron 11 out of Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia.

It wasn’t immediately clear how the Gettysburg could mistake an F/A-18 for an enemy aircraft or missile, particularly as ships in a battle group remain linked by both radar and radio communication.

However, Centcom said that warships and aircraft earlier shot down multiple Houthi drones and an anti-ship cruise missile launched by the rebels. Incoming hostile fire from the Houthis has given sailors just seconds to make decisions in the past.

Since the Truman’s arrival, the US has stepped up its airstrikes targeting the Houthis and their missile fire into the Red Sea and the surrounding area. However, the presence of an American warship group may spark renewed attacks from the rebels, like what the USS Dwight D Eisenhower saw earlier this year. That deployment marked what the navy described as its most intense combat since the second world war.

On Saturday night and early Sunday, US warplanes conducted airstrikes that shook Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, which the Houthis have held since 2014. Centcom described the strikes as targeting a “missile storage facility” and a “command-and-control facility”.


Houthi-controlled media reported strikes in both Sana’a and around the port city of Hodeida, without providing any casualty or damage information. In Sana’a, strikes appeared particularly targeted at a mountainside known to be home to military installations. The Houthis later acknowledged the aircraft being shot down in the Red Sea.

The Houthis have targeted about 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones since the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip started in October 2023.

The Houthis have seized one vessel and sunk two in a campaign that has also killed four sailors. Other missiles and drones have either been intercepted by separate US- and European-led coalitions in the Red Sea or failed to reach their targets, which have also included western military vessels.

The rebels maintain that they target ships linked to Israel, the US or the UK to force an end to Israel’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza. However, many of the ships attacked have little or no connection to the conflict, including some bound for Iran.

The Houthis also have increasingly targeted Israel itself with drones and missiles, resulting in retaliatory Israeli airstrikes.









:dead: I know that guy at the console got demoted .He literally lit 100 million dollars on fire yesterday.
 

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So let me get this straight. :patrice:




These two were doing a bombing run against a group of terrorists that don't have their own air force, and
who Are all stuck on the ground. But somehow, the support team gives friendly fire to the only other airplanes in the sky? :skip:




The houthis only have a single cold war jet in their entire air force and it wasn't out that day.:snoop:




US shoots down two of its own navy pilots over Red Sea in ‘apparent friendly fire’ incident​

Pilots recovered alive – one with minor injuries – after ejecting from fighter jet as US military says its guided missile cruiser ‘mistakenly’ fired on the F/A-18






Two US navy pilots were shot down over the Red Sea on Sunday in an “apparent case of friendly fire”, the US military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in more than a year of the country targeting Yemen’s Houthis.

Both pilots were rescued alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries. But the incident underlines just how dangerous the Red Sea corridor has become amid the ongoing attacks on shipping by the Iranian-backed Houthis despite US and European military coalitions patrolling the area.







The US military had conducted airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi at the time, though the military’s Central Command (Centcom) did not elaborate on what their mission was.

The F/A-18 shot down had just flown off the deck of the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, Centcom said. On 15 December Centcom acknowledged the Truman had entered the Middle East, but hadn’t specified that the carrier and its battle group was in the Red Sea.

“The guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, which is part of the USS Harry S Truman Carrier Strike Group, mistakenly fired on and hit the F/A-18,” Centcom said in a statement. The incident was being investigated.

From the military’s description, the aircraft shot down was a two-seat F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet assigned to the “Red Rippers” of strike fighter quadron 11 out of Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia.

It wasn’t immediately clear how the Gettysburg could mistake an F/A-18 for an enemy aircraft or missile, particularly as ships in a battle group remain linked by both radar and radio communication.

However, Centcom said that warships and aircraft earlier shot down multiple Houthi drones and an anti-ship cruise missile launched by the rebels. Incoming hostile fire from the Houthis has given sailors just seconds to make decisions in the past.

Since the Truman’s arrival, the US has stepped up its airstrikes targeting the Houthis and their missile fire into the Red Sea and the surrounding area. However, the presence of an American warship group may spark renewed attacks from the rebels, like what the USS Dwight D Eisenhower saw earlier this year. That deployment marked what the navy described as its most intense combat since the second world war.

On Saturday night and early Sunday, US warplanes conducted airstrikes that shook Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, which the Houthis have held since 2014. Centcom described the strikes as targeting a “missile storage facility” and a “command-and-control facility”.


Houthi-controlled media reported strikes in both Sana’a and around the port city of Hodeida, without providing any casualty or damage information. In Sana’a, strikes appeared particularly targeted at a mountainside known to be home to military installations. The Houthis later acknowledged the aircraft being shot down in the Red Sea.

The Houthis have targeted about 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones since the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip started in October 2023.

The Houthis have seized one vessel and sunk two in a campaign that has also killed four sailors. Other missiles and drones have either been intercepted by separate US- and European-led coalitions in the Red Sea or failed to reach their targets, which have also included western military vessels.

The rebels maintain that they target ships linked to Israel, the US or the UK to force an end to Israel’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza. However, many of the ships attacked have little or no connection to the conflict, including some bound for Iran.

The Houthis also have increasingly targeted Israel itself with drones and missiles, resulting in retaliatory Israeli airstrikes.









:dead: I know that guy at the console got demoted .He literally lit 100 million dollars on fire yesterday.
Not just him. The CO, XO, and CMC of that ship that shot down the jet are definitely getting fired.

The kat who actually "pressed the button" is catching a bust, his chief is getting severely reprimanded and probably fired, and his DIVO will probably get fired also.
 

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Not just him. The CO, XO, and CMC of that ship that shot down the jet are definitely getting fired.

The kat who actually "pressed the button" is catching a bust, his chief is getting severely reprimanded and probably fired, and his DIVO will probably get fired also.


CO, XO, CMC, DIVO


nikka this aint TheMilitary .com :gucci:

Whats all that mean
 

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CO, XO, CMC, DIVO


nikka this aint TheMilitary .com :gucci:

Whats all that mean
:mjlol:

My bad.

CO= Commanding Officer, so the kat who is overall responsible for all operations on the ship. He's screwed because he (by association) was in charge of the strike.

XO= Executive Officer, the dude who runs the ship along with the CO. He's screwed by proxy

CMC= Command Master Chief aka the highest-ranking enlisted person on the ship. He's part of the triad (CO, XO, CMC), so that's his ass also.

DIVO=Division Officer, so the dude who was responsible for the enlisted guy who pressed the button.
 
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