Why did the US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fall into the sea? Take a look at these two pictures and you will understand! The carrier-based aircraft of the US Navy's Harry Truman aircraft carrier has patrol aircraft in the air for reconnaissance flights.
This time, it should be that this F/A-18 Super Hornet has just completed the reconnaissance and monitoring flight. Returning to the carrier, at this moment, the tow truck comes to recover the aircraft.
It is at this time that the Houthi armed forces in Yemen launched a combined high-low attack with anti-ship ballistic missiles and drones. The US Navy's Aegis warship enters the battle position, preparing to launch interception missiles. The USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier begins an emergency turn for tactical maneuvering to avoid the Houthi missiles from Yemen.
At this moment, the returning F/A-18 Super Hornet of the US military, which is being towed by the tow truck, has not yet entered the hangar and has not been secured. After the aircraft carrier makes an emergency turn, the US military aircraft, along with the tow truck, are directly thrown into the sea. This is already the second F/A-18 Super Hornet lost by the US military in the Red Sea.
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