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 .

project tofu ccp, kapal terbang pon bole masuk laut. owai wrong country.
amdk in /k/ cannot bash their overlord

Must have a reason for the hard turn

It's $70 for them.

Must be avoiding missiles or something

wimminz pilot lupa tarik handbrake

tak payah risau, belakang store byk lagi.

locally, no issue.. just transfer ma! 😂

Laporan hilang, curi-curi jual ke CCP

They also lost many expensive drones to Houthi missiles.

With US national debts at 36 trillions, every penny they wasted are actually borrowed money.

Recent spike in bond yield means they have to serve even higher interest on their bonds maturing this June.

F/A-18 is 50 year old tech. nobody is interested.

No lar.. they just print it out and the rest of world pay for it.

Me still thinking why need sudden turn?
I tot the ship got short range defense system like those tracking machines gun to shoot down those drone?
Like those Israel iron dome type, offline ar or too arrogance that never thought they will dare to attack ar?

They are wasting time and resource on houthi. This one let egypt, DaGe and Europa to handle. Egypt is same region and has the most to lose from Suez fees so let them deal with it. Dage needs to export to europa so just let them deal. Europa can continue holding emergency meetings.

US has no problem with money.

Every yrs, you repeat the same debt and high interest figure complain. But your life still goes on.

mighty US navy got humbled by sandal wearing fishermen

It's their war defend strategy. Do whatever the captain feel safe for his carrier.

That's only 70 dollar plane lost.

For your info, this is not the 1st time attack. And yesterday US conduct Yemen port bombing.

Ya, and now seems like the missiles and drones are winning the game here. Cheap vs expensive bulky floating piece of metal. It is just not cost-effective enough.

This post has been edited by chtan: Apr 29 2025, 09:29 AM

Not really, total lost

damn...
amdk /k been jilating incompetent whitesausage all these while
lel

Oops sorry. Can we just grab a beer and forget about this?

I heard that the carrier was swerving hard to avoid a Houthi missile. The USN mistakenly shot down their own plane last year - also as a result of the Houthi missile/drone threat lmao

thats why its said American navy are still living in the 90-00s era where their think their aircraft carrier + air supremacy tactics still works. it only works against 3rd rate militaries that has no stand off capabilities or layered AD systems.

nowadays top end AD systems and long range stand off weapons getting cheaper and cheaper for countries to acquire. how would the carrier approach the shores of another opponent when the opponent has access to missiles capable to fire from 800-2000km away? not to mention to stay away from the missiles range their planes cannot operate (usual carrier plane range 1000~km fully loaded). it is made almost redundant, given how nobody in right mind would risk the carrier being hit by sailing closer

Russia everyday got SU-35 kena shotdown also no one care

I wonder why China still built so many "become less critical or useless" carrier.

This time very different.

Normally when stock market plummet, US treasury bond market up as it’s traditionally safe haven against risk. But recently both stock and bond market also plummeted becoz Trump started a dumb unplanned tariff war against whole world. The fact that US national debts increased 300% in last 20 years is clear sign of bubble forming.

Plane recovery from ocean not new. Last time F-35C also went into water. USN also recovered.

https://news.usni.org/2022/03/03/navy-recov...south-china-sea

Likely they will do the same in this case.

Cukur someone songlap the jet. Probably appear in eBay later.

US uses carriers as primarily power projection role
China uses carriers as primarily area denial and coastal defense role

both are very different use cases.

Think not always looking at the stock. You stupidly dumb the stock doesn't reflect the business is bad. But your emotion.

Let Trump do whatever he thinks is wrong and wait for the result later.

Every yrs also very different. I read this kind of post every yrs.

Proudly Made in USA product!!

Air carrier still useful as floating navy bases to jump start or connect the attacking point against those countries that don't have long range missile.

If against those big & strong force, any nearer to those countries shores is asking for trouble jer. Imagine those China drone in hundreds flying low near sea level equipped with high explosive bomb under night sky if they within range

I think China need to build it cos they also want show of power plus they don't have like US bases all over the world.

primarily area denial and coastal defense role

I don't buy this kind of ccp BS story.

Accidents happen

Only in china 🇨🇳 accidents never happen

Its the same thing

Come on

Aircraft carriers primary role is naval air power projection.

Yet here you claim china aircraft carries main purpose for area denial and defense. Lmao!

This post has been edited by COOLPINK: Apr 29 2025, 10:03 AM

You got to tell that to chtan

"I think China need to build it cos they also want show of power plus they don't have like US bases all over the world."

Better watch your country shore line. Specially in South china sea.

tell that to the western military analysts who claimed China has no blue water navy, therefore they "analysed" that the Chinese carriers are only in those roles

You understand what is the difference between blue water navy and aircraft carrier primary role?

Or u just assume they are the same thing here? Lol!

Just to show the power and to prove that they can.

No need. I am aware of this. They are just showing that they are capable, that's all.

i dont think you understand exactly the logistic challenges to actually mount a blue water navy

these thing actually affects the carriers role

Actually, most of the time, I always think US carrier price is too inflated for no reason.

But if it is not necessary, then China wouldnt build it.

Yea, for power projection, mobile platform, yes.

But as the main combatant unit, torpedo that should have render big ship obsolete, is still there when they introduce counter measure.

Besides, drones can hunt drones too. US Navy just need to be creative with their delivery instead of keep thinking of bigger is better.

Houthi rebel must possess some serious advance drones/missiles that that pose serious treat to the carrier.... aircraft carrier normally surrounded by cruisers, frigates,destroyers

Since you know everything, so tell me what is the primary role of an aircraft carrier?

Imagine having to make emergency evasion of a terrorist missile and end up losing a jet anyway. What a failure

no no, stop deflecting. you must first tell me what does it takes to mount a blue water navy since you claimed China is using it for power projection

Egypt mana ada resource to deal with, Houthi don't target China ship because it is Iran ally.

I was wondering too, normally cruisers, frigates has the ability to intercept missile, takkan drone pun cannot intercept

And this has expose the US military weakness, a very stark difference compare to the time of Iraq invasion.

Wumao u can stop tunjuk bodo now and stop shaming your motherland. Lol!


Classification and naval hierarchy
Rank Navies Blue-water navies
1 United States
2 United Kingdom, France, Italy
3 India, Russia, China, Japan
4 Spain, Brazil, Australia, South Korea, Germany, Egypt,
Netherlands



This post has been edited by COOLPINK: Apr 29 2025, 10:49 AM

“Stupidly dump”… it’s not stupid when Trump’s tariff war will impact trade. This ain’t no normal market speculation.

Nvidia just lost billions (in sales and in stock market) as Trump ban them from selling a lower end chip designated for PRC market. Any of this is “stupidly dumb” when it’s based on real world impact of a dumb leader?

yawns* still avoiding the explanation of how to actually sustain a blue water navy but instead just use generic answers from google that "tells" you some chart of top "blue water navies" without an inch of proof of what makes them a blue water navy in first place

ill educate you abit to do some critical thinking. do the Chinese have capability in terms of logistics to resupply in the blue waters far from their coast? do they have bases globally to do so?

and since they dont, so tell me how can they "power project" when they cannot even sustain logistics beyond their coasts?

hooties gonna get bombed again. send prayers to them. hopefully, the americans will be accurate and not hit too many civilians.

Made me remember playing WOWS, trying hard driff the ship avoiding torpedo ATK.

china military is like fresh grad with all good results but no real world working experience

Wumao use VPN if u cannot access google so no need to ask me to explain to you.
This one i should not be teaching u as a wumao.

Ccp has been harrassing and loitering in SCS thousands of kilometers from their mainland and yet you still can ask
"do the Chinese have capability in terms of logistics to resupply in the blue waters far from their coast?"? Lmao!

wumao provide gps local

another typical propaganda stereotype

China is building on what they think is the best for their military at the moment, instead of wasting monies on unnecessary parts

kek still labelling wumao when no better retort

SCS is still within their coastal range derp, looks like no point talking sense into someone who has no common sense in first place

same mandur is it

Oh I have better retort but unfortunately your bait 404.

Kecian u think that thousands of kilometers from their mainland is still within their coast.
Im not surprised as wumaos like their motherland thinks the entire SCS belongs to them.

I have no common sense yet still can make you struggle to plotek your motherland with facts.
Kecian.....lol!

nonsense . only can fool the military illiterate .

And you are military expert?

$60,000,000 only ~

I know enough to make good judgement.

accidents happen anywhere. Strangely, this seem to elude most ktards, especially overproud types.

But how would you know your judgement is good or not?

The commander sure kena demoted.

video where video?

now MAGA can lansi & say: see, we can just afford to dump a plane into the sea thanks to Tarif $$$ LOL

UK has 2 aircraft carriers . both under repair in the shipyard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircr...Elizabeth_class

U do know that blue water navy does not necessarily need to consist of aircraft carriers right?

The day have come, drones vs aircraft carrier.

The new age will replace aircraft carrier as air superiority with drones
Using 1 2000 dollar drones exchange 1 70 million dollar jet, well worth it

Even using 1000 drones exchange 1 jet also is worth it.

1000 drones can be build in 1-2 months, 1 jet need how many months / year?

This post has been edited by wanted111who: Apr 29 2025, 12:24 PM

Macam overloaded lorry. One sharp turn few boxes fly off. 🤭

Yes as demonstrated in Ukraine - Russia war ... drones overpowered MBTs on ground.... cheap to build and deadly... especially drones using fiber optic which impossible to jam..

drones carrier by sea, land or air will be the future....

one of the reason the US is heavily in debt is the huge military spending over the decades . I seriously doubt China wants to repeat the same mistake.

1 drone also use as decoy to sink russia cruiser with missile

Obviously , all the secret tech inside .