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  • dundercoder 3 hours ago
    > A fighter jet and a helicopter based off the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz both crashed into the South China Sea within 30 minutes of each other, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said.

    >The three crew members of the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter were rescued on Sunday afternoon, and the two aviators in the F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet ejected and were recovered safely, and all five “are safe and in stable condition,” the fleet said in a statement.

    >The causes of the two crashes were under investigation, the statement said.

    An expensive loss to be sure but no loss of life.

    • bandrami 1 hour ago
      Though not exactly the image the USN wants to project of this is meant as a show of force
    • silexia 2 hours ago
      I would wager good money through Chinese did this as a warning.
      • bandrami 1 hour ago
        PACFLT's duty schedule has been punishing and unfortunately lack of sleep is a sufficient explanation