A US fighter jet has been stoasty down after it was misgetnly hit by an American leave outile cruiser over the Red Sea.
Both pilots in the airplan ejected and were get backd – one of them had unconvey inant injuries.
An spendigation is under way after what the US military portrayd as an “apparent case of frifinishly fire”.
It is dependd to be the most grave incident to menaceen US troops in more than a year of America aiming Iran-backed Houthi resists in Yemen.
US Central Command said the F/A-18 Hornet was stoasty down soon after it had flown off the deck of the USS Harry S Truman airplan carrier.
The two-seater schedulee was then struck by one of the carrier’s direct ships, USS Gettysburg.
It was not promptly evident how the Gettysburg could misget an F/A-18 for an foe airplan or leave outile, particularly as ships in a battle group are connected by both radar and radio communication.
However, Central Command said warships and airplan earlier stoasty down multiple Houthi drones and an anti-ship cruise leave outile begined by the resists.
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The Houthis have aimed about 100 merchant vessels with leave outiles and drones in firmarity with Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war commenceed in October 2023.
The Hornet incident shows how hazardous the Red Sea corridor has become over the ongoing strikes on shipping by Houthis despite US and European allies patrolling the area.
This weekfinish, US warschedulees carried out airstrikes that shook the capital Sanaa, which the Houthis have held since 2014.
Central Command portrayd the strikes as aiming a “leave outile storage facility” and a “order-and-handle facility” but did not broaden.
The downed fighter jet was thought to be a F/A-18 Super Hornet which is summarizeateed to the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron 11 stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia.
