Shortly after an F/A-18 Super Hornet was accidentally shot down in a friendly fire accident over the Red Sea earlier this week, a second F/A-18 Super Hornet came within feet of also being shot down.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement that the two pilots from the plane that was shot down ejected safely after their plane was “shot down in an apparent case of friendly fire.”
“The guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64), which is part of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, mistakenly fired on and hit the F/A-18, which was flying off the USS Harry S. Truman,” the statement said.
Both pilots were safely recovered from the Red Sea, CENTCOM said.
SCOOP: A second US Navy fighter jet narrowly avoided being shot down in ‘friendly fire’ incident when a second missile passed within 100 feet: source
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