EXCLUSIVE: On the same night a U.S. Navy fighter jet was shot down over the Red Sea, a second jet nearly suffered the same fate. An F/A-18 Super Hornet – flying a few miles behind the Hornet ...

Right-wing commentators have tied the incident to broader concerns about alleged incompetence in the U.S. military.

The US Navy is officially using the term "Murder Hornet" to describe F/A-18 fighter jets armed with nine air-to-air missiles, a munition configuration first spotted amid Red Sea combat operations ...

FA-18 Hornet fighter jet was hit with a missile on the night the first American fighter jet was shot, but the pilots were able to survive the attack with difficulty and by performing maneuvers, the ...

A US Navy F/A-18 Hornet was mistakenly shot down over the ... was involved in the Yemen operation at the time of the incident. jet had been launched from the aircraft carrier itself.

The downed fighter jet was thought to be a F/A-18 Super Hornet which is assigned to the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron 11 stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia.

EXCLUSIVE: On the same night a U.S. Navy fighter jet was shot down over the Red Sea, a second jet nearly suffered the same fate. An F/A-18 Super Hornet – flying a few miles behind the Hornet that was ...