An F/A-18 fighter jet was "mistakenly fired on" by the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, authorities said.

Right-wing commentators have tied the incident to broader concerns about alleged incompetence in the U.S. military.

The pilots, who were recovered alive, had just flown off the deck of the Norfolk-based USS Harry S. Truman on Sunday.

An F/A-18 Super Hornet – flying a few miles behind the Hornet that was shot down in a "friendly fire" incident over the Red Sea – took evasive maneuvers after a second surface-to-air missile was fired ...

The U.S. military is conducting a “full investigation” into how the USS Gettysburg accidentally shot down a U.S. aircraft over the Red Sea.

Unconfirmed accounts from two pilots, including the one shot down, described how the F/A-18F was engaged while recovering on ...

EXCLUSIVE: On the same night a U.S. Navy fighter jet was shot down over the Red Sea, a second jet nearly suffered the same fate. An F/A-18 Super Hornet – flying a few miles behind the Hornet ...

Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely over the Red Sea after their F/A-18 fighter aircraft was mistakenly shot down in "an ...

Two service members ejected above the Red Sea after a warship fired on their aircraft, according to U.S. Central Command.

The U.S. military is conducting a “full investigation” into how the USS Gettysburg accidentally shot down a U.S. aircraft over the Red Sea in the early morning on Sunday. The pilot and weapons ...

Recovery of a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet recently downed over the Red Sea likely hinges on what’s left of the wreckage and how ...