Hegseth Loses Another $70MM Jet to the Sea

Another fighter jet has hit the Red Sea. This is the second jet to go overboard during an unsuccessful landing on the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier. The two aviators who were in the aircraft safely ejected and were rescued at sea by helicopter. They suffered minor injuries, and nobody on the ship deck was injured. The incident happened the same day Donald Trump announced a ceasefire deal with the Houthis, the Iran-backed rebel group that has been bombarding the Truman’s crew in Yemen.

Hours after Trump’s announcement, the Houthis “took a shot” at the aircraft carrier, according to a source. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the shooting was related to the lost fighter jet, an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet worth about $67 million.

It was the second jet to go overboard the Truman in 2 weeks. Thats one jet a week. $140MM lost to the sea. Oh, snd those are just the ones they lost control of. A third fighter jet was accidentally shot down over the Red Sea by another US Navy warship, the USS Gettysburg, raising questions about how well warships and fighter jets in the region are communicating.

These screwups aren't only happening to aircraft either. in February, The Truman collided with a merchant vessel near Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the Navy. There were no reports of flooding or injuries, but the ship’s commanding officer were fired following the incident.

The dangerous mishaps have raised questions about the Truman’s long, grueling deployment, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has extended twice, despite being advised not to.

On Tuesday, Donald Trump unexpectedly announced the U.S. would stop bombing the Houthis after Oman helped broker a ceasefire between the two sides. Hegseth also shared a social media post from Oman’s foreign minister announcing the agreement.

A member of the Houthi Political Council, which occupies parts of Yemen, told Bloomberg the ceasefire addressed “U.S. aggression in Yemen” and said the group would not stop its “operations to support Gaza.”