USAFsparkchaser Posted December 22, 2024 Share Posted December 22, 2024 (edited) https://news.usni.org/2024/12/21/u-s-super-hornet-shot-down-over-red-sea-in-friendly-fire-incident-aviators-safe Friendly fire shoot down Edited December 22, 2024 by USAFsparkchaser Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted December 22, 2024 Share Posted December 22, 2024 How does this happen? 🤬 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
STEN8 Posted December 22, 2024 Share Posted December 22, 2024 Stonewall Jackson, Pat Tillman, the USS San Francisco - Blue on Blue incidents...at sea, on the ground, or in the air, happen more frequently than is commonly supposed. Always have, and I suspect, always will, as long as people kill each other. The combination of advanced weaponry, youth, adrenaline, fear, etc. can be - explosive. Glad the two are safe and recovered. Harry Lutz, FL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyf117 Posted December 22, 2024 Share Posted December 22, 2024 During the 1990's, the late Dick Ward (of Modeldecal fame) designed many of the decal sheets for both Airfix and Revell, and on occasion would approach me (amongst others) for input - in 1999 he asked me to suggest a colourful US Navy scheme for Revell's forthcoming re-boxing of Italeri's 1/72 A-6E TRAM Intruder... ....the one that I put forward - which went on to also become the subject of the box art - was this VA-115 aircraft, involved in a 'friendly fire' incident during RIMPAC '96, when it was shot down by a JMSDF destroyer: https://www.twz.com/40937/the-last-time-a-japanese-warship-shot-down-a-u-s-navy-plane-was-actually-not-so-long-ago Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tank Posted December 22, 2024 Share Posted December 22, 2024 7 hours ago, habu2 said: How does this happen? 🤬 saw in another article. “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.” The fog of war. Glad it appears they are “ok”. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airmechaja Posted December 22, 2024 Share Posted December 22, 2024 Best part of the story is pilot and rio are OK. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted December 22, 2024 Share Posted December 22, 2024 I suspect it was confused with hostile drones. So much for IFF. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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