USS Gettysburg downs Navy Hornet

[uhhello]

According to U.S. Central Command; a Friendly-Fire Incident occurred earlier tonight over the Red Sea, with a U.S. Navy F/A-18F “Super Hornet” from the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) being Accidentally Shot-Down by the Ticonderoga-Class Guided-Missile Cruiser, USS Gettysburg (CG-64). Both Pilots were able to Safely Eject over the Water, and have since been Rescued; with one of the Pilots suffering Minor Injuries.

 

 

[brabus]

Holy shit, glad they got out OK. The Admiral is going to have some butts, and a lot of them.

[gearhog]

6 minutes ago, brabus said:

The Admiral is going to have some butts, and a lot of them.

Instantly remembered this story.

Might be unrelated. 🤷

[BashiChuni]

holy shit!

[SocialD]

Some Navy Commander right now...probably.  

[Lord Ratner]

So many questions. Were they able to get visual on the missile? Did they just eject when they heard the warning, in an time that they had no expectation taking fire? Did the missile ship broadcast to bail out over guard? 😂🤣

Edited Sunday at 04:32 AM by Lord Ratner

[yellerfever]

Is the NFO angrier about getting shot down or being called a “pilot”??

[Sua Sponte]

[herkbier]

From a friend:

“Jerked, when they should’ve jinked. #gonavy”

[ClearedHot]

[McJay Pilot]

[SurelySerious]

CENTCOM ADAFCO: “at least it wasn’t a Patriot this time.”

[Sua Sponte]

[arg]

Some of the comments around net are blaming DEI.

I got a chuckle out of this one.

"I know nothing about targeting systems, but I would think something is in place to prevent this sort of thing."

"Don’t feel bad , apparently they know nothing about it either."

[uhhello]

12 minutes ago, arg said:

Some of the comments around net are blaming DEI.

I got a chuckle out of this one.

"I know nothing about targeting systems, but I would think something is in place to prevent this sort of thing."

"Don’t feel bad , apparently they know nothing about it either."

It's the latest "I'm a fucking retard" phrase.

[HuggyU2]

Go Navy!!  Beat Navy!!!

 

Edited 20 hours ago by HuggyU2

[ClearedHot]

[brabus]

The data from the bros is unbelievable from the perspective of how benign the situation was and the guys on the boat still fucked up to this extent. There are many people who deserve to have ruined careers over this. Zero sympathy for what comes to those in the chain of command. 

[RedEye1911]

At least it wasn't an airliner full of people this time.

[jonlbs]

2 hours ago, brabus said:

The data from the bros is unbelievable from the perspective of how benign the situation was and the guys on the boat still ed up to this extent. There are many people who deserve to have ruined careers over this. Zero sympathy for what comes to those in the chain of command. 

ACORN! SHOTS FIRED! 

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