The air-defense loadout, the name for which was made official in Navy documentation, consists of four AIM-9X and five AIM-120 ...

Super Hornets, which have been armed with five AIM-120s and four AIM-9Xs since April 2024, were recently referred to as ...

U.S. Central Command forces launched the first strikes of 2025 against the Houthis on Wednesday. The forces, which were not ...

The cause of the friendly fire shoot-down of a Naval Air Station Oceana-based jet over the Red Sea remains a mystery. After ...

The U.S. Navy is now officially using “Murder Hornet” to refer to F/A-18E/F fighters armed with five AIM-120 Advanced Medium ...

Recovery of a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet recently downed over the Red Sea likely hinges on what’s left of the wreckage and how ...

The mistaken downing of an F/A-18 Super Hornet in December bears similarities with the tragic downing of an Iran passenger ...

Unconfirmed accounts from two pilots, including the one shot down, described how the F/A-18F was engaged while recovering on ...

Disinformation quickly spread across social media in the hours after the incident—yet, this isn't the first time the rebel ...

Right-wing commentators have tied the incident to broader concerns about alleged incompetence in the U.S. military.

Last week, over the Red Sea, the Navy lost an F-18F Super Hornet to friendly fire. The aircraft was shot down by a surface-to ...

A US Navy cruiser mistakenly shot down a friendly Super Hornet fighter jet over the Red Sea on Sunday amid the US military's ...