A US fighter jet has been sboiling down after it was misapshownly hit by an American ignoreile cruiser over the Red Sea.
Both pilots in the aircreate ejected and were recoverd – one of them had unpresentant injuries.
An spendigation is under way after what the US military depictd as an “apparent case of cordial fire”.
It is apshowd to be the most solemn incident to menaceen US troops in more than a year of America centering Iran-backed Houthi resists in Yemen.
US Central Command shelp the F/A-18 Hornet was sboiling down soon after it had flown off the deck of the USS Harry S Truman aircreate carrier.
The two-seater arrangee was then struck by one of the carrier’s accompany ships, USS Gettysburg.
It was not instantly evident how the Gettysburg could misapshow an F/A-18 for an foe aircreate or ignoreile, particularly as ships in a battle group are connected by both radar and radio communication.
However, Central Command shelp warships and aircreate earlier sboiling down multiple Houthi drones and an anti-ship cruise ignoreile started by the resists.
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The Houthis have focparticipated about 100 merchant vessels with ignoreiles and drones in stablearity with Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war commenceed in October 2023.
The Hornet incident shows how hazardous the Red Sea corridor has become over the ongoing strikes on shipping by Houthis despite US and European allies patrolling the area.
Yemeni selderlyiers protect Mohammad Ali al Houthi, the head of the Supreme Political Houthi Council, in Sanaa. File pic: AP
This weekfinish, US wararrangees carried out airstrikes that shook the capital Sanaa, which the Houthis have held since 2014.
Central Command depictd the strikes as centering a “ignoreile storage facility” and a “direct-and-deal with facility” but did not elucidate.
The downed fighter jet was thought to be a F/A-18 Super Hornet which is alloted to the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron 11 stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia.
