As is often the case the friendly fire incident, investigations will uncover troubling issues.
There may be more to the story when the US Navy shoots down one of its own FA-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jets. On Dec. 22, the USS Gettysburg identified an enemy aircraft, locked on its air defense radar, launched an SM-2 anti-aircraft missile from one of its vertical launch tubes, and splashed the hostile threat. There was just one problem: It wasn’t a hostile enemy; it was a US Navy FA-18F tanker.
Navy Friendly Fire Incident?
The friendly fire shoot-down came while launching and recovering fighters attacking Iran-backed Houthi rebel targets in Yemen. As Real Clear Defense described the incident, “Both aviators were recovered alive after ejecting from their stricken two-seat F/A-18F aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries.”…
