US Navy Loses Second F-18 Fighter Jet in Red Sea in Just Over One Week – Pentagon

NAMPA / Sputnik
2025-05-07
WASHINGTON, May 7 (RIA Novosti) – The US Navy has lost its second F-18 fighter jet assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman in the Red Sea in just over a week, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and Senior Advisor Sean Parnell said in an X post. "The DoD [the Department of Defense] continues to monitor the situation regarding the loss of an F-18 fighter aircraft on the USS Harry S. Truman earlier today," Parnell sai......
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