Thankfully both pilots are OK
Thankfully both pilots are OK
USS Gettysburg accidentally shot down friendly F/A-18F Super Hornet today. Both pilots ejected and were recovered, one sustaining minor injuries.
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I think on balance it might be the most financially damaging attack the houthis have ever launched, and considering they had no involvement in it, it's efficiency is essentially infinite!
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Someone is getting VERY fired over that one
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"Sir, the plane flew in just when the missile was about to hit the terrorists' rocket!! I swear!!"
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Yeah there's probably a lot of people being yelled at right now.
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That invoice will have some zeros...
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We aren't Russia, what the fuck guys?
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You should read about USS William D Porter, this F18 story isn't even close to the history of that fletcher class. At one point it fired a live torpedo at the Iowa with roosevelt on board.
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You imagine being nowhere near the enemy and hearing doot doot doot "MISSILE MISSILE"
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The RWR would tell the pilot it was a buddy spike. He knew it was blue and blue immediately and was probably screaming in the radio the whole time
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So they probably had enough time to tell the USS Gettysburg to go fuck themselves before ejecting?
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Ejection is really bad on your spine.
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