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.
USS Nimwits.
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
I’m sorry but two completely different crashes… On that same day… Within 30 minutes…?
This sounds like bullshit. Something happened.
“Localized entirely within your aircraft carrier?”
Yeah, oafs flew aircraft. All the competent woke pilots got discharged.
They ended woke and the spirit of John McCain has returned to the navy
“US fights Chinese territorial claims in South China Sea with $100M artificial reef effort”
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.
They’re trying to weaponize the Ballmer Peak.
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).
Is this what Hegseth meant by “FA, FO”?*
*F/A fall overboard
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?
Another round of sacrifices for our Lord Poseidon
Trade offer:
Poseidon receives: aircraft(s)
You receive: orca that hate rich people
Shouldn’t have told that cyclops they blinded what their real name is.
Normally I’d guess poor maintenance, but two within 30 minutes makes me think alcohol.
all five “are safe and in stable condition,”
More pls
Fire and forget
Daily Double
