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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lAJB6HsYiNA

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other on Sunday afternoon, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said.

The three crew members of the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter were rescued, and the two aviators in the F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet ejected and were recovered safely, and all five “are safe and in stable condition,” the fleet said in a statement.

The causes of the two crashes were under investigation, the statement said.

The USS Nimitz is returning to its home port in Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state after having been deployed to the Middle East for most of the summer as part of the U.S. response to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on commercial shipping. The carrier is on its final deployment before decommissioning.

Another aircraft carrier, the USS Harry S. Truman, suffered a series of mishaps in recent months while deployed to the Middle East.

In December, the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg mistakenly shot down an F/A-18 jet from the Truman.

Then, in April, another F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the Truman’s hangar deck and fell into the Red Sea.

And in May, an F/A fighter jet landing on the carrier in the Red Sea went overboard after apparently failing to catch the steel cables used to stop landing planes and forcing its two pilots to eject.

No sailors were killed in any of those mishaps. The results of investigations into those incidents have yet to be released.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 64 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm sorry but two completely different crashes.. On that same day.. Within 30 minutes...?

This sounds like bullshit. Something happened.

[–] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 55 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago

"Localized entirely within your aircraft carrier?"

[–] JohnBrownsBawdy@hexbear.net 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, oafs flew aircraft. All the competent woke pilots got discharged.

[–] Crucible@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago

They ended woke and the spirit of John McCain has returned to the navy

[–] LocalMaxima@hexbear.net 58 points 2 weeks ago

“US fights Chinese territorial claims in South China Sea with $100M artificial reef effort”

[–] THEPH0NECOMPANY@hexbear.net 46 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Another round of sacrifices for our Lord Poseidon

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Trade offer:

Poseidon receives: aircraft(s)

You receive: orca that hate rich people

[–] JohnBrownsBawdy@hexbear.net 26 points 2 weeks ago

Shouldn’t have told that cyclops they blinded what their real name is.

[–] psychoplantkiller@hexbear.net 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hegseth's mandate for all pilots to have at least 6 gin and tonics before even hopping in a cockpit is a controversial one, but you can't argue with the results. Very few cases of malaria among the US Navy. Can you think of a better way to keep the navy malaria free? No? I thought so.

[–] ClassIsOver@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

They're trying to weaponize the Ballmer Peak.

[–] Tervell@hexbear.net 41 points 2 weeks ago

hmm

broke: the US starts a war with China, manages some successful bombing but eventually supply chain issues get the better of them

woke: the US starts a war with China and gets their planes shot down

bespoke: the US doesn't even start a war, all their planes kind of just give up and cartoonishly fall apart while mid-air

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 36 points 2 weeks ago

all five “are safe and in stable condition,”

kind-vladimir-ilyich

[–] miz@hexbear.net 29 points 2 weeks ago

Daily Double

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 29 points 2 weeks ago

Normally I'd guess poor maintenance, but two within 30 minutes makes me think alcohol.

[–] uSSRI@hexbear.net 29 points 2 weeks ago

They lost em? Did they check in the couch cushions? Maybe they left em in the car when they ran out to get those blunt wraps and gummy worms?

[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 27 points 2 weeks ago

Someone said "Yeah, man" over the radio and all the pilots assumed they said Yemen, freaked out, and instinctively took evasive manoeuvres (into the sea).

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago

Is this what Hegseth meant by “FA, FO”?*

*F/A fall overboard

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 17 points 2 weeks ago

Fire and forget

[–] anaesidemus@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago
[–] fannin@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is definitely not normal. I wonder what the actual story is.

[–] UmmmCheckPlease@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ol’ SECDUI Kegsbreath was pounding voodoo rangers, and it turns out, good to drive, he was not

[–] fannin@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago

Huh I didn’t know there were still tikes in service

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Something something North Korussia, inferior junk equipment, belligerent fools whose rockets and planes would fall out of the sky

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago
[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

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