Fighter Jet Falls Overboard As USS Truman Evaded Inbound Houthi Fire

April 28, 2025

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Mixed reports over cause of incident

EDITOR'S NOTE: We are attempting to confirm the theory that the USS Truman was evading Houthi fire when the incident occured...

A $60 million fighter jet has been "lost" at sea at a moment American naval assets under US Central Command have been conducting bombing campaigns against Yemen's Houthis since March 15.

But as far as what's being reported from the Pentagon, the jet wasn't shot out of the sky during operations - it apparently rolled off an aircraft carrier.

The US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet "fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed on board, the Navy said in a statement on Monday," CNN reports.

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