A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has been “lost” at sea after it fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed on board, the Navy said in a statement on Monday.

A US official said that initial reports from the scene indicated that the Truman made a hard turn to evade Houthi fire, which contributed to the fighter jet falling overboard. The Houthi rebel group claimed on Monday to have launched a drone and missile attack on the aircraft carrier, which is in the Red Sea as part of the US military’s major anti-Houthi operation.

All personnel are accounted for, and one sailor sustained a minor injury.

“The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard,” the statement said. “Sailors towing the aircraft took immediate action to move clear of the aircraft before it fell overboard. An investigation is underway.”

A second US official told CNN that the aircraft had sunk. An individual F/A-18 fighter jet costs more than $60 million, according to the Navy.

The Truman Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed in the Middle East and was in the Red Sea at the time of the incident. The Navy emphasized on Monday that the strike group and its air wing “remain fully mission capable.”

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/28/politics...oard/index.html

there goes throwing 70 million into the sea.

Not yet war, alrdy lost a plane

MAGA

Imagine if it was Malaysian Navy

Whoever pull it back out can get free plane.

The carrier made a hard turn while the aircraft was being towed

The role of aircraft carriers in modern warfare has become less critical or useless. Their primary function now seems to be power projection rather than offering decisive tactical advantages. Given advancements in missile technology, even a single hypersonic missile—which is extremely difficult to defend against—could pose a significant threat to a carrier.

they busy shooting drones, the plane rolled away

When an usa carrier was attack by low tech group of terrorist feel embarrassed lel.

k' tart here always laugh at China think USA so mighty.

I wonder if they'll attempt to find and salvage it

Weapon tech is a matter of cat and mouse race.

It is a matter of cost and how carriers want to catch up with the threats.

Project Songlap

they should or at the very least destroy it. won't want us tech to fall to wrong hands.

DEI

So considered is Houthi managed to shoot down a US fight jet? That's big.

Sangka baik, they are helping out with coral preservation

amdk in /k will bark, murica still winning

True now they need unsinkable carriers like Diego garcia

initial d music intensifies

aircraft carriers are still useful as long as it is not against China .