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You Can’t Make This Up: U.S. Navy Shoots Down Its Own F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter Jet in Apparent ‘Friendly Fire’ Incident in Red Sea!

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You Can't Make This Up: U.S. Navy Shoots Down Its Own F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter Jet in Apparent ‘Friendly Fire’ Incident in Red Sea | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

In a shocking turn of events, a U.S. Navy cruiser mistakenly downed its own F/A-18 Super Hornet in the Red Sea. Discover the details behind this alarming incident.
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A U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser mistakenly shot down an American F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident.
The two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron 11 from Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, had just launched from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.
The USS Gettysburg, part of the same carrier strike group, erroneously identified the aircraft as a hostile target and engaged it, leading to its destruction.
“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,” Central Command said in a statement.
The Navy’s Central Command confirmed that both pilots ejected safely, with one sustaining minor injuries.

AP reported:
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 Squadron 11 out of Naval Air Station Oceana, 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, Central Command 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 U.S. 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 World War II.
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The downed aircraft, assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, was conducting operations in a region increasingly destabilized by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels from Yemen.
According to the US CENTCOM:
“U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted precision airstrikes against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis within Houthi-controlled territory in Sana’a, Yemen, on Dec. 21 Yemen time.
CENTCOM forces conducted the deliberate strikes to disrupt and degrade Houthi operations, such as attacks against U.S. Navy warships and merchant vessels in the Southern Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb, and Gulf of Aden.
During the operation, CENTCOM forces also shot down multiple Houthi one way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles (OWA UAV) and an anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) over the Red Sea.
The operation involved U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy assets, including F/A-18s.
The strike reflects CENTCOM’s ongoing commitment to protect U.S. and coalition personnel, regional partners, and international shipping.”
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CENTCOM Conducts Airstrikes Against Iran-Backed Houthi Missile Storage and Command/Control Facilities in Yemen
TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted precision airstrikes against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by… pic.twitter.com/YRWWQJIweP
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) December 21, 2024
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Critics have attributed these absurd mishaps to the U.S. Navy’s adoption of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.
According to the Heritage Foundation, the Navy missed its recruiting goals by 7,000 personnel last year and has reduced its force by 21,000 sailors since 2021. Additionally, the Navy’s Military Sealift Command plans to sideline 17 logistic ships due to a lack of qualified merchant mariners, raising concerns about the impact of DEI policies on recruitment and retention.
Furthermore, some lawmakers and veterans argue that DEI programs divert resources from essential military functions and foster division within the ranks.
They cite data indicating that 62% of active-duty military members believe the military has become politicized, and 65% would advise their own children against joining.
These concerns are amplified by the Pentagon’s request for $140 million to expand DEI initiatives in fiscal year 2024, up from $86.5 million the previous year.
 
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"Critics have attributed these absurd mishaps to the U.S. Navy’s adoption of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs."

My guess is that during defensive operations against drones and missiles the F-18 was operating silent (IFF off).
Radio coms don't ID a craft. Radar blips are radar blips.

After leaving the carrier a turn toward another ship, carrier blocking radar returns until the plane turned and climbed, popped on the radar could be misinterpreted as a hostile.

But, I agree, it was probably a female being distracted by friendly fire from a male sailor nibbling her ear.
 
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It's probably a false flag that they quickly realized wasn't going to work for some reason, so they called it an accident.

These democrats are doing everything they can to start a war before Trump is sworn in. They've killed thousands of people over and over again to get the mic the funding they need.
 
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Rocketvapor said:
My guess is that during defensive operations against drones and missiles the F-18 was operating silent (IFF off).
Radio coms don't ID a craft. Radar blips are radar blips.

After leaving the carrier a turn toward another ship in the group could be misinterpreted as a hostile.

But, I agree, it was probably a female being distracted by friendly fire from a male sailor nibbling her ear.
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The article said two pilots ejected but the fa18 is a single seat fighter unless it’s a growler. In which case there is a pilot and a WSO. No one flies with mode 4 off. It’s essential to prevent accidents like this. There’s more to this.
 
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_Windrider_ said:
The article said two pilots ejected but the fa18 is a single seat fighter unless it’s a growler. In which case there is a pilot and a WSO. No one flies with mode 4 off. It’s essential to prevent accidents like this. There’s more to this.
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It was probably a mid air collision between our aircraft and a flying carpet.
 
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Prove to me there was no MANPAD sourced from American provided stockpiles in Afghanistan or Libya.

Claiming friendly fire, though embarrassing, is way less politically lethal than “Fast and Furious II - The Military Edition”.

Maybe it’s why the patient and the ho returned to DC Friday looking sick and pale.

Either that or the F-18 was in “Iran Air” livery.

Perhaps the SAM came off the Sig 320 line and someone dropped it.
 
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Well look at the bright side , at least the missiles and FCS worked and shot down what they were shooting at

Last round of Friendly fires in Red sea Germans were firing all they had and were in proces of abandoning ship after they repeatedly missed U.S. MQ-9 Reaper , both missiles failed due to technical problems during the friendly-fire incident. MQ-9 pilot was reported to be in good condition after being treated with extra pizza and beer for his emotional trauma.

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German navy almost shot down US drone over Red Sea — reports – DW – 02/28/2024

A German warship in the Red Sea almost shot down a US drone in a narrowly averted case of friendly fire, according to reports.
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"Critics have attributed these absurd mishaps to the U.S. Navy’s adoption of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs."

My guess is that during defensive operations against drones and missiles the F-18 was operating silent (IFF off).
Radio coms don't ID a craft. Radar blips are radar blips.

After leaving the carrier a turn toward another ship, carrier blocking radar returns until the plane turned and climbed, popped on the radar could be misinterpreted as a hostile.

But, I agree, it was probably a female being distracted by friendly fire from a male sailor nibbling her ear.
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Well at least it was male-female and not some other degenerate shit, so there’s that.
 
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_Windrider_ said:
The article said two pilots ejected but the fa18 is a single seat fighter unless it’s a growler. In which case there is a pilot and a WSO. No one flies with mode 4 off. It’s essential to prevent accidents like this. There’s more to this.
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Both the F/A-18D (don’t know if the C and D still fly active) and F/A-18F (in addition to the F/A-18G) are 2-seaters
 
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_Windrider_ said:
The article said two pilots ejected but the fa18 is a single seat fighter unless it’s a growler. In which case there is a pilot and a WSO. No one flies with mode 4 off. It’s essential to prevent accidents like this. There’s more to this.
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Yes, incompetence that starts at the top. No fkng way this should have happened. What a message that got sent to U S adversaries.
 
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Ah well shit happens… I think you will slowly realize world is not TopGun and mistakes in war are way of life even for (on paper) omnipotent US armed forces.

Though this tells much about sandpeople slinging rocks at “supercarriers” and reaction time for various systems as its obvious that this was done in automode without human intervention as if human had time or will to look at target he/she would realize by speed and altitude and direction its not a hostile.

PS: I guess not only Russky IFF sucks right fanboys (who were quite loud when it happened to Russians) ?
 
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I wonder what role AI may have played in this.

The USS Gettysburg, part of the same carrier strike group, erroneously identified the aircraft as a hostile target and engaged it, leading to its destruction.

“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,” Central Command said in a statement.
 
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Someone brought up a fact that if true would negate the MANPADs hypothesis.

Claims the aircraft was at 25k feet.

That begs me to ask…..do the houthis have anything capable of reaching that altitude?

If no how does any fire control officer issue the order to shoot?

Unless @UKDslayer is on to something and they had SkyNet operating in fully aware mod and it was doing as it had been trained to do.

Maybe it was a test of AIs loyalty.
 
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Imagine picking up a combat aircraft at 25k' and ridiculous speeds over the red Sea, approaching a US battle group, and someone thinking "shit man, the Houthis have gotten their hands of modern fighter jets.

You, engage!".

Meanwhile, they are sitting in a cave trying to bend the front sight back straight on their stamped AK, and eating Vienna sausages from a can over a pile of dried camel shit.

Bizarro world.
 
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Hecouldgoalltheway said:
Imagine picking up a combat aircraft at 25k' and ridiculous speeds over the red Sea, approaching a US battle group, and someone thinking "shit man, the Houthis have gotten their hands of modern fighter jets. You, engage!".

Meanwhile, they are sitting in a cave trying to bend the front sight back straight on their stamped AK, and eating Vienna sausages from a can over a pile of dried camel shit.

Bizarro world.
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So, if they’re stone age dunces, who is operating all this tech for them?
 
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We lost an F-18 over Iraq, pilot Killed, us gov claimed a sam. Iraq claims it was a R-40 from a MiG-25. Saddam actually gave the pilot and award for it.

Seems odd we’d be firing at an airplane, given the houthis dont have and air force. Drones and missiles but not a fighter jet. I wonder if the electric equipment onthe F-18 was spoofing the ships radar hiding its signature/hindering identification.
 
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Kamerad said:
So, if they’re stone age dunces, who is operating all this tech for them?
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Kamerad said:
So, if they’re stone age dunces, who is operating all this tech for them?
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So, you realize that every conflict we've been involved in since WW2 was a proxy war right? Every single one.

We get sand people in the desert with AK's, and meanwhile armaments from advanced nations just magically show up on the battlefield with the knowledge of how to use them. Look how many Chinese were killed in Vietnam, the connexes of weapons and ammo brought into Afghanistan across Pakistan, bla bla bla. The Ukrainan dumpster fire.

Iran has a military that could be decimated by a 6' tall man speaking harshly with a deep voice. They are cowards, as cowardly as men can be. They are great at killing unarmed civilians, but the last thing they will do is engage US soldiers or US property. They know how that ends. So, who is shooting at us?

So far, it's us.
 
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Having spent some time as Red Crown and PIRAZ at the beginning of Southern Watch in the early 90’s, I can see how it could happen… Mode 4 failure… Not following established procedures for said failure… AIC (If that’s even still a NEC) error…. Most of those would be under the assumption that the area has a hostile Air Force though.
 
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Hecouldgoalltheway said:
So, you realize that every conflict we've been involved in since WW2 was a proxy war right? Every single one.

We get sand people in the desert with AK's, and meanwhile armaments from advanced nations just magically show up on the battlefield with the knowledge of how to use them. Look how many Chinese were killed in Vietnam, the connexes of weapons and ammo brought into Afghanistan across Pakistan, bla bla bla. The Ukrainan dumpster fire.

Iran has a military that could be decimated by a 6' tall man speaking harshly with a deep voice. They are cowards, as cowardly as men can be. They are great at killing unarmed civilians, but the last thing they will do is engage US soldiers or US property. They know how that ends. So, who is shooting at us?

So far, it's us.
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First part, sure I get that. Proxies. The rest…..what are you talking about?
 
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Kamerad said:
First part, sure I get that. Proxies. The rest…..what are you talking about?
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I guess maybe I should ask you what youre talking about.

You said: "so if they are stone age dunces, who is operating all of this tech for them?".

I answered by pointing out that so far the only people using any advanced weaponry against us is us. The Iranian military is a joke, but they have money. They have the best education system in that part of the world, (which is still pretty pathetic), and they have technology that is largely competitive with what we had in about 1975, even though it's all shiny and new. So, what tech do you imagine they are using? What i was trying to say is that if there were to be any advanced tech in play in Iran, especially among the hang glider squad, it wouldn't be theirs, it would be Russian, or Chinese, and they would have "advisors" in play when this new tech was in operation. Nobody wants Iran to have anything more powerful than pop guns, well, nobody except the American Democrat party..
 
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AI thought it was the Russians. After reading all the MSM articles over starlink, it knew it was likely to occur any day now

Didn't Iran seize a navy vessel and posted a picture of them all crying?
 
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AI thought it was the Russians. After reading all the MSM articles over starlink, it knew it was likely to occur any day now

Didn't Iran seize a navy vessel and posted a picture of them all crying?
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Yeah, and then Obama got them back by sending them a shrinkwrapped pallet of American cash that conveniently worked out to the same value as the 20% of our weapons grade uranium supply that Hillary sold to the Russians the same week?

Is that the picture you remember?
 
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Hecouldgoalltheway said:
I guess maybe I should ask you what youre talking about.

You said: "so if they are stone age dunces, who is operating all of this tech for them?".

I answered by pointing out that so far the only people using any advanced weaponry against us is us. The Iranian military is a joke, but they have money. They have the best education system in that part of the world, (which is still pretty pathetic), and they have technology that is largely competitive with what we had in about 1975, even though it's all shiny and new. So, what tech do you imagine they are using? What i was trying to say is that if there were to be any advanced tech in play in Iran, especially among the hang glider squad, it wouldn't be theirs, it would be Russian, or Chinese, and they would have "advisors" in play when this new tech was in operation. Nobody wants Iran to have anything more powerful than pop guns, well, nobody except the American Democrat party..
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I’ve heard stories of effective deployment of weapons against shipping, US naval assets and striking Israel, attributed to Houthi rebels.

How reliable and up to date is your analysis? I don’t have much confidence in western media or governments telling us the truth, and I don’t have any connections for intel.
 
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Kamerad said:
I’ve heard stories of effective deployment of weapons against shipping, US naval assets and striking Israel, attributed to Houthi rebels.

How reliable and up to date is your analysis? I don’t have much confidence in western media or governments telling us the truth, and I don’t have any connections for intel.
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I don't have any more information than you do, just historical data and recent stories. I don't py much attention to this snafu because it doesn't matter. Once Trump is sworn in, it will all just go away. When they don't have US dollars to shoot each other with, they all go home..
 
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Hecouldgoalltheway said:
It was a joke within a joke. You found it, but it missed you.
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The joke that is under the joke which you put in a joke, is the fact that someone somewhere is assuming that they had the ability to open a can. Crush it with a rock, maybe, or beat the crap out of it with a stick, more likely (see what I did there) but the premise of that can getting opened,,,

That's funny.
 
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Sean the Nailer said:
The joke that is under the joke which you put in a joke, is the fact that someone somewhere is assuming that they had the ability to open a can. Crush it with a rock, maybe, or beat the crap out of it with a stick, more likely (see what I did there) but the premise of that can getting opened,,,

That's funny.
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You remember that scene from 2001 a space oddessy? Exactly that, but with more body odor.
 
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