USS Harry S. Truman Loses $60M Fighter Jet During Red Sea Operation

US carrier dumps $72m fighter into the sea as it tries to avoid Yemeni drones

Yet another US jet downed by its own side under pressure from Yemen, which continues to try to prevent Israel's genocide Mocked-up image of F-18 Super Hornet falling off the side of the carrier. The USS Truman aircraft carrier has dumped an F-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft and its 'tug' and towing gear off the…

F-18 falls overboard from US aircraft carrier in Red Sea

A US Navy sailor suffered minor injuries when an F-18 fighter jet and its tow tractor fell overboard from an a

Did Houthi missiles threaten to sink the carrier USS Truman?

The US lost an F-18E Super Hornet jet fighter on April 28th when the aircraft, under tow in the hangar deck of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), fell into the sea, along with the tractor that towed it. There was only one minor injury to a crew member who apparently was injured when […] The post Did Houthi missiles threaten to sink the carrier USS Truman? appeared first on Asia Times.

Fighter Jet Based Out Of NAS Lemoore Slips Off Hangar Deck Of Carrier In The Red Sea

WASHINGTON (KMJ/KFSN) — An F/A-18 fighter jet assigned to a squadron based out of NAS Lemoore rolled off the side of an aircraft carrier and sank to the bottom of the Red Sea on Monday.  The Navy said at the time, the aircraft was being towed out of the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman when the crew lost control and the aircraft and a tow tractor went overboard.  There was one crew member aboard the jet and a second on the tractor during th…

$60M fighter jet slips off the hangar deck of US aircraft carrier into Red Sea

The Navy says an F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck, on April 28, 2025, of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman. The Navy says the crew members who were in the pilot seat of the Super Hornet and on the small towing tractor jumped out before the jet and the tug went into the Red Sea. One sailor sustained a minor injury. It is unclea…

In the face of a drone attack in the Red Sea, a U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fell from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier. The aircraft, valued at $60 million, was lost at sea, without causing any serious injury.