Another F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in the Red Sea, the second jet lost from the carrier in just over a week, four people familiar with the matter told CNN.
I’m trying to imagine what they sound like falling into the water. I imagine a thud and screech as the front wheel goes over the edge. I doubt they sink straight away though, but is it a stealthy slide into the water, or a backwards somersault with a thwack.
So in 6 months time, the Truman has shot one of their own down, and lost two more overboard.
The Gettysburg shot down the Truman F-18; the Truman didn’t do the shooting.
It has dropped two F18s into the sea though.
To lose one expensive fighter jet is an accident…
To lose two is a big oof
I’m trying to imagine what they sound like falling into the water. I imagine a thud and screech as the front wheel goes over the edge. I doubt they sink straight away though, but is it a stealthy slide into the water, or a backwards somersault with a thwack.
It must sound amazing if it was worth hearing a second time. Maybe some of the boys missed the first one
A quick search prices them at about $50 to $70 million each
And I’m sure it would cost a lot more to replace them with something newer
Isn’t that convenient, seeing how all the money DOGE has acquired will be wasted on military equipment