US F/A-18 Super Hornet shot down

[Blue Heeler]

GO NAVY!

 

[KOPBET]

First rule of missile safety...

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Failed Gulf of Tonkin Part 2?

 

[SoonerP226]

So, part of the Super Hornet’s flight path matched a ballistic missile’s trajectory profile.

Language warning. For those not familiar, Habitual Linecrosser’s day job is air defense, so he actually knows what he’s talking about behind all the comedy.

 

[golddigger14s]

It's stuff like this that explains why I have my job.

 

[KurtM]

Does the Cruiser get to paint a Hornet on their missile launcher? Enquiring minds want to know.

 

[Lightsluvr]

A mistake like that can certainly end a career, but at least no one has to live with having ended the lives of team mates. That in itself is some kind of Christmas miracle. I wonder..between the missile and the plane, how much $$ splashed down?

Sources say that the replacement cost of this fighter is approximately $66.8 Million, depending on accessories and entertainment package.

LL

 

[SoonerP226]

Does the Cruiser get to paint a Hornet on their missile launcher? Enquiring minds want to know.

Hell yes. Own that mishap.

 

[SoonerP226]

A more serious take on the incident. Mover (on the right) flew Vipers for the USAF and Hornets for the USN; Gonky (on the left) flew Hornets in a carrier air wing.



ETA for classification: Mover is on the right and Gonky is on the left in the video; I didn’t notice that their positions are reversed in the thumbnail.

 

[2busy]

Second US Navy fighter jet narrowly avoided being shot down in 'friendly fire' incident: source

An F/A-18 Super Hornet – flying a few miles behind the Hornet that was shot down in a "friendly fire" incident over the Red Sea – took evasive maneuvers after a second surface-to-air missile was fired from the cruiser USS Gettysburg, a source with knowledge of the incident tells Fox News.

www.foxnews.com