Another Super Hornet Goes Over The Side…

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USS TRUMAN loses another F/A-18E Super Hornet in a landing incident. Hook separation, hook bounce or maybe CDP (arresting cable) failure……..??? The two crew members were recused by HSC-11 helicopter (yay team!). They sustained minor injuries. Understand that you do not eject from an aircraft injury-free. Minor cuts, burns and buries are the normal. Back and joint issues, can be more serious.

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For second time in 8 days, fighter jet assigned to USS Truman is lost in Red Sea — CBS News

Two pilots suffered minor injuries in the ordeal.
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At this point it sounds like the Houthis can just sit back and let the US Navy in the gulf self destruct.
Shooting down our own F18.
Crash in Port Said.
F18 falls overboard.
F18 lost on landing.
Has there always been this many foul ups but just not covered by the media or is there a loss of readiness due to fatigue and/or lack of maintenance?
 
I doubt there is to much pressure on the crew and carrier air wing, certainly no more pressure than has been experienced by crews before. These are separate incidents. Shooting down of the aircraft was not a maintenance problem of the squadron. That is on the other ships crew. A plane over the side, is not a maintenance problem.....the folks that move it are ships company. This has happened before in past years. This particular incident is probably an equipment failure. Now whose if anybody's fault remains to be seen. Was the Stinger or Truss Assembly on the aircraft faulty (these are the parts of the aircraft that catches the arresting cables on the flight deck). These parts are checked by the squadron maintenance folks for cracks and replaced if needed then, also there is a "High Time" replacement (this means after so many traps the components are replaced period). Was the arresting cables and associated equipment faulty? These are checked by the ships company sailors and replaced by them. Could someone be at fault? Could equipment be at fault? We will not know until the investigations are completed. I can guarantee that Safety Standowns are and have been underway trying to look at everything. Possibly some heads will roll. Don't make statements without facts to back them up. Speculations are just guesses and usually not worth anything. As with the previous loss how many here have actually BTDT? Not very many for sure.
 
My son, Josh, is an IP over there on an Arleigh Burke DDG with the Truman Task Force. We just found out last night that his deployment has been extended again, now for the fourth time. He was originally slated to come home at the end of March, but now with the latest extension, it’s looking to be at least the middle of June.

Please pray for our boys and girls in harms way and don’t rush to any conclusions until all the facts are known. I know from experience how trying it can be to have a deployment extended; mistakes are made, hardware fails, and most importantly it can be very discouraging to our young men and women in uniform if they feel they don’t have our full support.
 
I heard it was a problem during landing . If they didn't catch a wire , the procedure is to go to full power so you can take off if that happens . Even if the wires broke , they still should have been at full power . If you watch a video , you'll hear them max out the throttle as soon as they hit the deck . I'm sure we'll get the full story soon . It's just a good thing nobody died or got hurt , which is a very possible occurrence on a flight deck even in the best of times .
 
greenwellg said:
Wire broke at the worst possible time.
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Yeah, but to CPM’s point, why wasn’t he on afterburner when he hit the deck? Carrier pilots routinely train for just that scenario…with a quick pull back on the stick, they’re immediately airborne again. There are three separate arresting cables in case one is missed or breaks.
 
Has it been confirmed that an arresting wire broke? I have not read it in any reports yet. It is not uncommon for a pilot to miss all three wires. It doesn't happen a lot, but it does happen. Yes, he should have maxed the throttle as he hit the deck. That is in the NATOPS manual (the bible for all Naval Aviators). By doing that he is able to go airborne again. It is called a Bolter, again not uncommon to see. I worked the flight deck on the Saratoga for two years, both day and night, have seen a lot of stuff happen. Wait for the investigation reports to come out. Don't rely to much on the news folks reporting, they have trouble getting the terminology correct, little lone the facts.
 
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