Navy Loses Fighter Jets After Incidents on USS Harry S. Truman

Navy Loses Fighter Jets After Incidents on USS Harry S. Truman

THE SIGNAL

A Navy fighter jet ended up in the Red Sea on Tuesday in the latest mishap involving the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier.
The loss represented the second time in the past 10 days that a fighter assigned to the Truman ended up in the sea.
The two pilots aboard the F/A‑18E Super Hornet suffered minor injuries, according to CBS.

An official CBS did not name said the Super Hornet was trying to land “when an arrestment failed, causing the aircraft to go overboard.”
The term arrestment refers to the mechanism designed to slow down a carrier-based plane. That includes a cable to ca …

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