American forces said friendly fire was responsible for shooting down an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet during military operations battling Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. The post US fighter jet patrolling Red Sea shot down by ‘friendly fire’ appeared first on FreightWaves.

Two US Navy pilots ejected safely after their fighter jet was shot down over the Red Sea on Saturday in an apparent friendly fire incident, US Central Command said in a statement.

The Yemeni Houthi group claimed Sunday to have shot down a US F-18 fighter jet in an attack on an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea. Military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement that Houthi forces successfully "foiled a US-UK attack on Yemen."

The fighter was an F/A-18 Hornet flying off the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman. One of the carrier’s escort ships, the missile cruiser Gettysburg, ‘mistakenly fired on and hit’ the plane, the statem

A U.S. Navy ship mistakenly shot down an American fighter jet over the Red Sea early Sunday, the U.S. military’s Central Command said, describing it as an apparent case of friendly fire.

Two service members ejected above the Red Sea after a warship fired on it, according to U.S. Central Command. Both sustained minor injuries.

Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

The guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, part of a carrier strike group in the region, mistakenly fired on the jet, U.S. Central Command said in a statement.