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$60 million Navy fighter jet slides off USS Truman and sinks to bottom of the sea

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 29, 2025
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F-18 aircraft (Miguel Lagoa / Shutterstock.com)

When Houthi rebels took aim at the USS Harry S. Truman last week, the aircraft carrier's evasive action had an expensive consequence: a $60 million F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet slid off and sank to the bottom of the ocean.

As reported in AP, the costly mishap occurred as crew members were towing the aircr…

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