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]

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