A fighter jet has been "lost at sea" after it fell overboard from an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea while it was being towed on the hangar deck, the U.S. Navy said. The F/A-18E Super Hornet fell ...

For the second time in just over a week, a U.S. Navy fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in the Red Sea, a defense official confirmed to USA TODAY. A F/A-18 ...

A $60 million US fighter jet crashed into the Red Sea during a failed landing that injured two pilots and marked the second pricey plane the US Navy has lost to the sea in less than 10 days ...

The investigation is ongoing. The accident came just over a week after another fighter jet plunged into the Red Sea on Monday, April 28. A F/A-18E was being towed in the aircraft carrier’s ...

Truman lost the fighter jet and a tow tractor while operating in ... In December 2024, an F/A-18 Super Hornet was shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent "friendly fire" incident, the U.S ...

While the Super Hornet has primarily been deployed for air-to-ground attack, it has also proven itself in air-to-air combat.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the deployments, stating the moves were made to 'ensure that our people are safe.

The Navy carrier spent six months in combat operations around the Red Sea, and took part in a major strike on Somalia.

The US has deployed additional fighter jets and refueling tankers to the Middle East to protect personnel and installations, ...

Officially released photos show that the U.K. Carrier Strike Group, which includes multiple British, Canadian, Norwegian, and Spanish naval vessels, completed the transit in late May. A U.S. destroyer ...