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Fighter jet falls from USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier
One of the Truman’s F/A-18’s was shot down by the cruiser USS Gettysburg in the Red Sea in December, CNN reported. Another plane, an F/A-18 Super Hornet, also fell off the carrier near Naples, Italy, when high winds blew it overboard in 2022, Fox News reported.
WASHINGTON — A sailor was injured when a fighter jet and a towing tractor on the USS Harry S. Truman fell overboard as the aircraft carrier made a “hard turn” while operating in the Red Sea ...
The USS Harry S. Truman lost the fighter jet and a tow tractor while operating in the vast waterway. The plane was actively under tow in a hangar bay when the crew lost control of the aircraft.
Navy officials said the sailors towing the jet “took immediate action” to get away from the jet before it fell from the deck of the Norfolk-based USS Harry S. Truman off the coast of Bahrain.
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