A $55.7 million F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft was shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent case of friendly fire, CENTCOM said in a statement.

This post has been updated with additional information on the timing of the incident. Two U.S. Navy aviators are safe after their two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet was shot down by an American ship by mistake,

The US Navy made a significant error over the Red Sea, resulting in the cruiser USS Gettysburg shooting down an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft. Here are the capabilities of this machine. While fending off a missile-drone attack by Yemeni Houthi rebels on 22 December,