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The Super Hornet, assigned to aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), was flying over the Red Sea when guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64) fired upon it, according to the CENTCOM statement.

“Both pilots were safely recovered. Initial assessments indicate that one of the crew members sustained minor injuries,” reads a statement from CENTCOM.

“This incident was not the result of hostile fire, and a full investigation is underway.”

(Personally think a Skipper has just lost his command)

1 posted on 12/22/2024 6:31:48 AM PST by airdalechief
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To: airdalechief

A case of “ha ha, made ya flinch”? Why were they shooting live rounds?


2 posted on 12/22/2024 6:35:24 AM PST by Bob434
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To: airdalechief

My job when active was exactly this. I maintained and operated missile radar. I am just gonna say, many mistakes on this one. The system is setup with redundant checks to stop this kind of nonsense. Someone’s career is over.


3 posted on 12/22/2024 6:42:50 AM PST by exnavy (See article IV section 4 of our constitution.)
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To: airdalechief

I don’t understand this at all. The Navy is engaged in an attack on the Houthis and then the Navy gets the idea that the Houthis have somehow got their hands on an F-18 and are attacking one of our ships, so the ship shoots down the F-18. This just seems ... unlikely.


4 posted on 12/22/2024 6:46:51 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: airdalechief

How many aircraft have he Israelis lost to “friendly fire” in the last year? Is this incident due to the pervasive DEI and tranny foolishness in our militaary? Stupid games and stupid prizes and all that.


9 posted on 12/22/2024 7:09:15 AM PST by arthurus (covfefe m)
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To: airdalechief

It’s simpl to explain: DEI means Die.


12 posted on 12/22/2024 7:27:41 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (Freud: projection is a defense mechanism of those struggling with inferiority complexes)
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To: airdalechief

As I noted in an earlier post:

This is as unforgivable as it is incomprehensible. The CO, XO, OPs O, Weapons Officer, OOD, and possibly the MCPOC, should all be canned, Courts Martialed, busted, and flushed with BCDs. Unbelievable!


13 posted on 12/22/2024 7:37:16 AM PST by Afterguard (Deplorable, garbage me. Trump is a threat to bureaucracy.)
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To: airdalechief

There’s never been a conflict where such things didn’t happen.


20 posted on 12/22/2024 8:11:21 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Black guy upon receiving a MAGA hat: "MURICA!")
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To: airdalechief

Cover-up story. It was shot down by alien drones.


26 posted on 12/22/2024 9:09:40 AM PST by UnwashedPeasant (I The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
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To: airdalechief; ClearCase_guy; exnavy
Hasn't IFF has been around since WW II? Maybe the electronics have gotten too complicated?

Something like this has happened before. At least in that case the crew could imagine the civilian liner was actually a military aircraft imitating harmlessness.

Why a US Warship Downed an Iranian Passenger Jet Over the Gulf in 1988

https://veteranstoday.com/2018/07/03/why-a-us-warship-downed-an-iranian-passenger-jet-over-the-gulf-in-1988/

When Iran Air Flight 655 Was Shot Down By A US Navy Guided Missile Cruiser

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/iran-flight-655-shot-uss-vincennes.html

32 posted on 12/22/2024 10:28:22 AM PST by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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