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The incident Tuesday marks the latest mishap to mar the deployment of the Truman, which has been essential in the airstrike campaign by the United States against Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

Tuesday’s incident was the latest to see the Navy lose an F/A-18, which cost about $60 million (both pilots survived). In April, another F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hangar deck of the Truman and fell into the Red Sea. The crew members who were in the pilot seat of the Super Hornet and on the small towing tractor both jumped away.

In December, the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg mistakenly shot down an F/A-18 after ships earlier shot down multiple Houthi drones and an anti-ship cruise missile launched by the rebels. Both aviators in that incident also survived.

And in February, the Truman collided with a merchant vessel near Port Said, Egypt.

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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago (3 children)

First a jet falls over board now this.

Navy I love you guys but jets aren't submersible.

Glad to hear the pilots are ok

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

maybe they should work on that.

[–] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I heard that it already is available and active but I can’t say more because it’s double top secret classified.

[–] bert@lemmy.monster 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Put it in the Signal chat!

[–] remon@ani.social 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Nah that's for operational intel, specs of equipment belong in the Warthunder forums.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I’m in a signal with Kegseth, and he hasn’t mentioned it….

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io -1 points 4 days ago

Glad to hear the pilots are ok

Why? Those people are there to rain death and destruction on brown people who did nothing to them.

[–] Carvex@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago

USS Benny Hill?

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

the aircraft yearn to swim freely in the ocean, obviously if you chain them outside all day they're going to try to find a way to escape

[–] sepi@piefed.social 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Ok lemme guess the callsigns:

  • Today's pilot who went overboard: SHITSHOW
  • The pilot whose plane went off the top during ship maneouvers: KDRAMA
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Call signs are typically insulting and almost never cool. And frequently named for a spectacular fuck up.

They might call one of these guys “Poseidon” now. Or something.

“Poseidon?! That’s a cool call sign! How’d you get it?!”

“Drove off the flight deck…”

“Bwhahaha! You’re THAT guy. Oh fuck. You’re that guy.”

[–] GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago

Pretty sure they won't be flying again. If I remember it, barring exceptional circumstances, like being shot down by your own fleet, if your plane goes down your flight days are too.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago
[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

Maybe they should have picked a better president to name it

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

“the arrestment failed,” said the official

I wonder at the nature of that failure. I'd immediately think this means "the cable broke" or "the hook broke". But, it could also mean "the pilot missed the cable and failed to respond correctly".

[–] griff 3 points 5 days ago

Is it possible that alcohol was involved?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 points 5 days ago

And in February, the Truman collided with a merchant vessel near Port Said, Egypt.

TFW freedom of navigation.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago

...and the small towing tractor..... Ehhh, you mean the two things just fell even though they were already hooked together to go into storage? Or like was the tractor trying to save the plane? Or maybe the seas were really foken rough at the time? Like foken foken?

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world -3 points 5 days ago