US shoots down own jet while bombing Yemen

The F/A-18 was downed by the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg over the Red Sea

The US Navy inadvertently shot down its own F/A-18 fighter jet in a friendly fire incident over the Red Sea, the Pentagon announced shortly after issuing a press release about another successful bombing raid against alleged Houthi targets in Yemen.

The F/A-18 was shot down by the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg after taking off from the USS Harry S.