<p>Shortly after an F/A-18 Super Hornet was accidentally shot down in a friendly fire accident over the Red Sea earlier this week, a second F/A-18 Super Hornet came within feet of also being shot down.</p>
<p>U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement that the two pilots from the plane that was shot down ejected safely after their plane was &#8220;shot down in an apparent case of friendly fire.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64), which is part of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, mistakenly fired on and hit the F/A-18, which was flying off the USS Harry S. Truman,&#8221; the statement said.</p>
<p>Both pilots were safely recovered from the Red Sea, CENTCOM said.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">SCOOP: A second US Navy fighter jet narrowly avoided being shot down in ‘friendly fire’ incident when a second missile passed within 100 feet: source</p>
<p>— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/LucasFoxNews/status/1871605554101342623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/second-us-navy-fighter-jet-narrowly-avoided-being-shot-down-friendly-fire-incident-source">reported</a> on Tuesday that a second F/A-18 Super Hornet that was flying several miles behind the downed fighter jet &#8220;was forced to take evasive maneuvers after a second surface-to-air missile was fired from the cruiser USS Gettysburg, narrowly missing the second jet by 100 feet while it prepared to land aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The U.S. Navy official who spoke to Fox News said that the fighter jet that was shot down was in the process of landing when it was shot down.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was a tanker crew returning to land on the carrier about 10 miles out,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;They recognized the missile was guiding and punched out about three seconds before the missile hit the jet.&#8221;</p>
<p>The source indicated that fighter pilots were furious over the incident and that they questioned the training on the USS Gettysburg.</p>

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