Did their IFF go haywire?!?

[76-1]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/21/politics/us-fighter-jet-shot-down-red-sea/index.html

Sounds like a Growler Electronic Warfare version (since it was crewed)... That's a major loss... Those things are expensive too... 125 mil

The good news is the crew is safe...

DOD reorganization can't come soon enough if this was human error...

 

[hookyIU1990]

I read a few different pieces on this. Other sources have said that the plane had just launched from the carrier.

Amazed no one was seriously hurt or killed.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/21/politics/us-fighter-jet-shot-down-red-sea/index.html

Sounds like a Growler Electronic Warfare version (since it was crewed)... That's a major loss... Those things are expensive too... 125 mil

The good news is the crew is safe...

DOD reorganization can't come soon enough if this was human error...

It’s definitely a screw up, but isn’t one that is going to be fixed by anything Trump will do. It’ll be studied and addressed by the Navy as have all the mishaps that have happened in the past. I’m sure the CO and Tactical Action Officer in the cruiser are already removed from the ship for this and possibly others.

 

[Spartans9312]

Second US Navy fighter jet narrowly avoided being shot down in 'friendly fire' incident: source | Fox News

A second SM-2 missile was fired from USS Gettysburg, Navy official confirms

www.foxnews.com

 

[76-1]

It’s definitely a screw up, but isn’t one that is going to be fixed by anything Trump will do. It’ll be studied and addressed by the Navy as have all the mishaps that have happened in the past. I’m sure the CO and Tactical Action Officer in the cruiser are already removed from the ship for this and possibly others

This may have some linkage to what went wrong and if Trump puts some of the people out of business who clearly aren't demanding a high degree of accountability then hopefully he'll have a great affect on resolving these types of issues before they reach Combat...

These are the missile cruisers the US Navy spent $1.84 billion to upgrade just to throw them away

The Navy decommissioned four of its upgraded Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers before even deploying.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

This may have some linkage to what went wrong and if Trump puts some of the people out of business who clearly aren't demanding a high degree of accountability then hopefully he'll have a great affect on resolving these types of issues before they reach Combat...

These are the missile cruisers the US Navy spent $1.84 billion to upgrade just to throw them away

The Navy decommissioned four of its upgraded Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers before even deploying.

www.businessinsider.com

Can’t read all that because of the paywall, but one of those four ships was my last ship.