US Navy fighter jet squadrons are equipped with F/A-18 Super Hornets, F-35Cs, and EA-18Gs plus F-5s and F-16s for training.

An F/A-18 Super Hornet – flying a few miles behind the Hornet that was shot down in a "friendly fire" incident over the Red Sea – took evasive maneuvers after a second surface-to-air missile was fired ...

The incident, though there are still many unknowns, underscores the risks of friendly fire in intense combat, especially a ...

AP FILE - Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is moored near Split, Croatia, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File) In a shocking incident of friendly fire, a U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser, ...

The jet had just flown off the deck of the aircraft carrier when the friendly fire incident occurred. The two-seater F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet was assigned to the “Red Rippers” of strike fighter ...

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

The U.S. Navy's deployment of warships to the Middle East has been repeatedly described as the most intense naval combat the ...

US Central Command (CENTCOM) acknowledged in a 22 December statement the investigation into the shoot-down of an F/A-18 over ...

The F/A-18 Super Hornet that was shot down was part of the ... The F/A-18 is a multi-role fighter jet made by US defense contractor Boeing that has been in service with the Navy for decades.

American forces said friendly fire was responsible for shooting down an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet during military operations ...