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

Handout photo dated November 1, 2011 shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 catapults from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in the Pacific 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. American and British aircraft have been bombing targets in Sana’a since Saturday. The incident is under investigation. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Comm

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US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated November 1, 2011 shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 catapults from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in the Pacific Ocean. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones and missiles were targeting, but U.S. forces in the region have carried out a number of “self-defense strikes” and shot down other drones and rockets in recent months. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Comm

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022-CHINA NEWS

(230109) -- BEIJING, Jan. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 17, 2022 shows the launching ceremony of China's third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, in east China's Shanghai. The carrier, named after Fujian Province, was completely designed and built by China. It is China's first domestically-made carrier that uses catapults. With a full-load displacement of more than 80,000 tonnes, the carrier is equipped with electromagnetic catapults and arresting devices. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

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Akebono blasts to 4-0

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna Akebono (L) catapults sekiwake Tochiazuma into the ringside cushions in a battle of unbeaten wrestlers at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 12. He walked away sharing the lead at 4-0 with rank-and-filer Takamisakari.

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Akebono blasts to 4-0

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna Akebono (L) catapults sekiwake Tochiazuma into the ringside cushions in a battle of unbeaten wrestlers at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on July 12. He walked away sharing the lead at 4-0 with rank-and-filer Takamisakari.