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2 jets 1 carrier: second fighter plops into sea from same ship

Rob Beschizza
May 07, 2025
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USS Harry S Truman at anchor near Portsmouth, England, in 2018. Gail Heaton/Shutterstock.

Perhaps something is wrong with the arresting wire aboard the USS Harry S. Truman? Just a week after one F/A-18 jet slipped into the sea while landing on it, a second jet was lost to the waves. Those aboard suffered only scrapes, but a two-seater Super Hornet is exp…

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