A Second Jet Goes Over The Carrier, Is This The Best Navy The Comm in Chief Talks About
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| Military jets on the U.S.S. Harry S. Truman, a Navy aircraft carrier, in 2022. Salvatore Laporta/LightRocket, via Getty Images |
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Keep in mind how the navy is been hurt by all those Trans Navy personnel Trump discarded. and kicked out by Donald. The level of enthusiasm is non existent. They just do their jobs under impossible conditions. The big Carrier find it self suffering similar encounters like Russia does. Drones hiding missile which make this mammoth of a ship making short turns while doing at next to maximum speed. It's true these large ships are tested before being commisioned but not with a deck full of jets, equipment and 10,000 personnel.If Americans feel they were sold a bag of goods that are defective, our services will feel the same thing. They are connected to the civilian world thought their families.
Claire Moses
By Claire Moses
May 7, 2025, 8:53 a.m. ET
The New York Times
For the second time in less than two weeks, a United States Navy fighter jet from the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman has been lost in the Red Sea.
The jet was landing on the flight deck of the Truman on Tuesday when the aircraft’s arrestment system, which helps the aircraft stop on the runway, failed, “causing the aircraft to go overboard,” according to the United States Central Command.
The two pilots aboard the plane, an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet worth at least $67 million, ejected and sustained minor injuries. They were rescued by a helicopter and no one else was injured.
The accident came about a week after another F/A-18 Super Hornet and a tow tractor fell off the Truman when the crew lost control of the plane, the Navy said. That mishap occurred when the aircraft carrier was maneuvering to better position itself against the threat of Houthi missiles and drones, according to Defense Department officials with knowledge of the incident.
For more than a year, the Houthis have been firing projectiles and launching drones at commercial and military ships in the Red Sea, in what the militia group has described as a show of solidarity with Gaza residents and Hamas.
On Tuesday, the United States and the Houthis in Yemen reached a deal to halt American airstrikes against the group after it agreed to cease attacks against American vessels in the Red Sea.
“They have capitulated, but more importantly, we will take their word,” President Trump said. “They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore.”
On March 15, Mr. Trump ordered the U.S. military to begin an air campaign, called Operation Rough Rider, against the Houthis, following some strikes under the Biden administration. The campaign has cost well over $1 billion.
American forces have hit more than 800 targets in Yemen during the campaign, according to the U.S. military.
In addition to the two lost planes, the Truman has seen several other major accidents since its deployment to the Middle East in September.
In February, the carrier collided with a merchant ship near Port Said, Egypt, damaging both vessels. And in December, an F/A-18 Super Hornet flying from the aircraft carrier was shot down by the U.S.S. Gettysburg, a guided-missile cruiser that was accompanying the Truman. The two pilots aboard the plane were safely recovered.
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