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.
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
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.
maybe they should work on that.
I heard that it already is available and active but I can’t say more because it’s double top secret classified.
Put it in the Signal chat!
Nah that’s for operational intel, specs of equipment belong in the Warthunder forums.
I’m in a signal with Kegseth, and he hasn’t mentioned it….
I’m not. Fuck those pilots. Tired of the damage people like them inflict on the world. I’m also done with the reflexive ‘support our troops’ style programming. Bring on your neoliberal downvotes. You assholes are why we have to deal with fascists again.
Your request is granted.
USS Benny Hill?
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
Ok lemme guess the callsigns:
- Today’s pilot who went overboard: SHITSHOW
- The pilot whose plane went off the top during ship maneouvers: KDRAMA
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.”
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.
“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”.
…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?
Is it possible that alcohol was involved?
Maybe they should have picked a better president to name it
And in February, the Truman collided with a merchant vessel near Port Said, Egypt.
TFW freedom of navigation.
Good.
