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US Navy Shoots Down Its Own F/A-18 In Red Sea Fight

Handout photo dated May 2, 2024 shows Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Launch/Recovery) Airman Tyler Cardamone, from Peak, Delaware, assigned to air department’s V-2 division, gives a thumbs up as an F/A-18F Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 103 takes off from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) in the Atlantic Ocean. A U.S. Navy cruiser shot down a Navy F/A-18 fighter jet over the Red Sea early Sunday morning, U.S. Central Command said. The F/A-18 was shot by weapons from the guided-missile cruiser the USS Gettysburg after taking off from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier on Dec. 22. Both Navy aviators were able to eject from the fighter jet and were recovered safely. One of the two sustained minor injuries, according to CENTCOM. The USS Gettysburg “mistakenly fired on” the F/A-18, CENTCOM said. The shoot down happened amid a weekend of military action against the Houthis, a militant Yemeni nationalist group that controls much of Yemen, including the capital. Ameri

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US Sending Aircraft Carrier To Middle East As Region Braces For Iranian Retaliation

Handout file photo dated June 3, 2024 shows Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Krystofer Smith, from Fargo, N.D., signals to an F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, before a launch on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Pacific Ocean. The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week. On Friday August 2, 2024, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, which is currently operating in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement from Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nathaly Cruz via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Moves Aircraft Carrier Toward Israel

Handout photo dated December 21, 2016 shows aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Kyle Smalling signals to an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Gunslingers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 105 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Mediterranean Sea. The USS Dwight Eisenhower aircraft carrier has reportedly sailed north through the Red Sea toward Israel in a show of deterrence from the Biden administration. The carrier would be able to intercept missiles and drones fired by Iran. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Anderson W. Branch via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Expanded US-Led Naval Task Force To Protect Red Sea Shipping

Handout photo dated November 5, 2023 shows aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Loren Rayner, left, and Lt. Cmdr. Sean Griener signal the launch of an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the "Fighting Swordsmen" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 32 during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Red Sea. The Pentagon has convinced more than a half dozen allies to join a strengthened naval task force in the Red Sea amid mounting attacks by Iran-backed rebels on commercial shipping that have driven oil prices higher. More than 9mn barrels a day of oil shipments, or almost a tenth of global demand, pass through the Red Sea, making it one of the world’s busiest energy chokepoints. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Janae Chambers via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Expanded US-Led Naval Task Force To Protect Red Sea Shipping

Handout photo dated November 5, 2023 shows Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Brandon Frayde guides an E-2C Hawkeye from the "Screwtops" of Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 123 to launch during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Red Sea. The Pentagon has convinced more than a half dozen allies to join a strengthened naval task force in the Red Sea amid mounting attacks by Iran-backed rebels on commercial shipping that have driven oil prices higher. More than 9mn barrels a day of oil shipments, or almost a tenth of global demand, pass through the Red Sea, making it one of the world’s busiest energy chokepoints. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Janae Chambers via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Military Osprey With 8 Crew Crashes Off Japan

Handout photo dated March 10, 2017 shows ship's Serviceman 3rd Class Steve Pacheco, left, from Dallas, and Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Tyler Johnson, from Nowrytown, Pa., signal to an MV-22 Osprey during flight quarters aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) in the East China Sea. A US Osprey military aircraft with eight crew on board crashed on Wednesday off a Japanese island, the coastguard said, in the latest accident involving the tilt-rotor military aircraft. The Osprey, developed by Bell Helicopters and Boeing and which can operate like a helicopter or a fixed-wing plane, has suffered a string of fatal crashes over the years. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaleb R. Staples via ABACAPRESS.COM

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3 U.S. Marines Killed In Osprey Aircraft Crash In Australia

Handout photo dated March 10, 2017 shows ship's Serviceman 3rd Class Steve Pacheco, left, from Dallas, and Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Tyler Johnson, from Nowrytown, Pa., signal to an MV-22 Osprey during flight quarters aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) in the East China Sea. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaleb R. Staples via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Thousands Of US Troops Reach Red Sea After Iran Tensions

Handout photo dated April 15, 2014 shows aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Michael Gable, from Peachtree City, Ga., directs an MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter off the flight deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) during flight operations. More than 3,000 United States military personnel have arrived in the Red Sea aboard two warships, part of a beefed up response from Washington after tanker seizures by Iran, the US Navy said Monday. The US sailors and Marines entered the Red Sea on Sunday after transiting through the Suez Canal in a pre-announced deployment, the US Navy's Fifth Fleet said in a statement. They arrived on board the USS Bataan and USS Carter Hall warships, providing "greater flexibility and maritime capability" to the Fifth Fleet, the statement from the Bahrain-based command added. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mark Hays via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exercise Talisman Sabre Under Way In Australia

Handout photo dated July 21, 2023 shows Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Donald Elliot, from Kansas City, Missouri, directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, Det. 6, to land aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) during Exercise Talisman Sabre. Large wargames between the USA, Australia and eleven partner nations kicked off on July 21, the largest ever in the history of Exercise Talisman Sabre. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas B. Contant via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exercise Talisman Sabre Under Way In Australia

Handout photo dated July 25, 2023 shows Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handling) Airman Ernst Gabriel, from Columbia, South Carolina, directs an E-2D Hawkeye attached to the Tiger Tails of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during flight operations in support of Talisman Sabre 23, in the Indian Ocean. Large wargames between the USA, Australia and eleven partner nations kicked off on July 21, the largest ever in the history of Exercise Talisman Sabre. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caleb Dyal via ABACAPRESS.COM