F-18F Super Hornet shot down by "friendly" fire

timjake · Dec 22, 2024

News outlets are reporting the USS Gettysburg shot down a Super Hornet shortly after it took off from USS Harry S Truman last night. The crew successfully ejected with one of the two crew reported with minor injuries.

Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent '''friendly fire''': US military | Fox News

I looked at several sites and all are essentially using the same verbiage, probably because they are all using the CENTCOM press release.

This guy is a former F-14 crewman:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrmjXNMln-8[/ame]

So, how many people get relieved of duty/fired?

Eric300 · Dec 22, 2024

Oops. Could have been worse I suppose.

Rustyt1953 · Dec 22, 2024

Mule Packer · Dec 22, 2024

Hmmm. Well, there goes $55.7 million of our tax dollars lost at sea. Gonna be a little tough to dismiss that as "petty cash."

soFlaNative · Dec 22, 2024

Rustyt1953 said:

Church Lady?

Chuck24 · Dec 22, 2024

My next door neighbor is on the Truman, but he’s down in the crypto section

Rudi · Dec 22, 2024

A big whoopsie there! PTL they ejected and were picked up. What ever happened to IFF?

Rob613 · Dec 22, 2024

Yemen is claiming it was them, hard to know what to believe these days.

Ματθιας · Dec 22, 2024

How many of you all actually believe this is really "friendly fire"?

That's what we're being told to believe.

BAM-BAM · Dec 22, 2024

Rustyt1953 said:

But she has more ribbons and pins!

TBD = 1/21/24

Doug M. · Dec 22, 2024

If actually a "friendly fire" error, I suspect it will be harder to buff out the OERs/NCOERs than it will be to address the damage to the plane.

S-W4EVER · Dec 22, 2024

BAM-BAM said:
But she has more ribbons and pins!

TBD = 1/21/24

It’s kinda silly how many different medals they have these days, most for just showing up.

WR Moore · Dec 22, 2024

About those medals.....way back in the mid-60's I was in AFROTC (mandatory). First year, we got a new detail commander, a light Colonel. He had an immense plate of fruit salad. We also had an older long service Major who'd flown in WWII, had a single row of ribbons-and style. Not yet knowing about the fighter mafia, we figured Major Abe (as we later called him) for a screwup.

By the second year, we'd learned to read the ribbons. The 05s ribbons were the I was here/there/everywhere and a good boy. The major got his 4th DFC and we got to not only hear about how, but he later showed pix of what his aircraft looked like after RTB. They scrapped it. The only other gong I recall is a Presidential Unit Citation from WWII. He only wore the important stuff.

Rustyt1953 · Dec 22, 2024

STCM(SW) · Dec 22, 2024

Well, the CNO now may make the worst CNO, Zumwalt look good....

quikdraw67 · Dec 22, 2024

As Ricky would say, "Lucy, you got some 'Splainin' to do"

Glad the crew ejected safely, but damn.

CAJUNLAWYER · Dec 22, 2024

Ruh roh........

BLACKHAWKNJ · Dec 22, 2024

On another board someone pointed out:
1944-16.1 million men and women in uniform, 8 4-star officers
2024-1.4 million men and women in uniform, 41 4-star officers

STCM(SW) · Dec 22, 2024

BLACKHAWKNJ said:
On another board someone pointed out:
1944-16.1 million men and women in uniform, 8 4-star officers
2024-1.4 million men and women in uniform, 41 4-star officers

Only goes to show you who you knows counts ...

Retired W4 · Dec 23, 2024

The term friendly fire is somewhat of an oxymoron. Having been splattered by shrapnel from two 2.75" rockets fired by an AH-1G Cobra, my first instinct once everyone is is back on the ground is to pick a fight. In most cases there are no good excuses for friendly fire incidents. In the case of the UH-1H pictured below we were actually able to get it back to our camp but the VC finished it off two days later. The subsequent fire and ammo cooking off was pretty spectacular.

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