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  • OOPS !!! 60 Mil F-18 FALLS OFF US Carrier

    From c186282@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 29 23:47:22 2025
    XPost: alt.military, alt.politics.usa, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/04/28/us-loses-fighter-after-falls-off-aircraft-carrier-into-sea/

    US loses $60m fighter jet after it falls off aircraft carrier into sea

    F/A-18 Super Hornet topples overboard after USS Harry S Truman
    makes sharp turn to evade Houthi attack in the Red Sea

    . . .

    Ummm ... didn't they learn to STRAP DOWN the
    things really good ??????

    Comes out of the captain's salary ....

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  • From Siri Cruz@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 29 20:58:47 2025
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    On 29/4/25 20:47, c186282 wrote:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/04/28/us-loses-fighter-after-falls-off-aircraft-carrier-into-sea/


    US loses $60m fighter jet after it falls off aircraft carrier
    into sea

    F/A-18 Super Hornet topples overboard after USS Harry S Truman
    makes sharp turn to evade Houthi attack in the Red Sea

    . . .

    Ummm ... didn't they learn to STRAP DOWN the
    things really good ??????

    While it is being moved around the hangar?

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  • From c186282@21:1/5 to Siri Cruz on Wed Apr 30 00:14:23 2025
    XPost: alt.military, alt.politics.usa, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On 4/29/25 11:58 PM, Siri Cruz wrote:
    On 29/4/25 20:47, c186282 wrote:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/04/28/us-loses-fighter-after-falls-off-aircraft-carrier-into-sea/



    US loses $60m fighter jet after it falls off aircraft carrier
    into sea

    F/A-18 Super Hornet topples overboard after USS Harry S Truman
    makes sharp turn to evade Houthi attack in the Red Sea

    . . .

       Ummm ... didn't they learn to STRAP DOWN the
       things really good ??????

    While it is being moved around the hangar?

    Wasn't IN "the hangar" - was on the deck.
    That's how it fell off.

    Anyway, prepare for every contingency.

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  • From Siri Cruz@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 29 22:15:21 2025
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    On 29/4/25 21:14, c186282 wrote:
    On 4/29/25 11:58 PM, Siri Cruz wrote:
    On 29/4/25 20:47, c186282 wrote:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/04/28/us-loses-fighter-after-falls-off-aircraft-carrier-into-sea/



    US loses $60m fighter jet after it falls off aircraft carrier
    into sea

    F/A-18 Super Hornet topples overboard after USS Harry S Truman
    makes sharp turn to evade Houthi attack in the Red Sea

    . . .

    Ummm ... didn't they learn to STRAP DOWN the
    things really good ??????

    While it is being moved around the hangar?

    Wasn't IN "the hangar" - was on the deck.
    That's how it fell off.

    A fighter jet has been "lost at sea" after it fell overboard from
    an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea while it was being towed on
    the hangar deck, the U.S. Navy said.

    The F/A-18E Super Hornet fell off the USS Harry S. Truman April
    28 as sailors towed the aircraft into the hangar bay, according
    to the Navy. The crew had lost control of the jet, which fell
    into the Red Sea along with the tow tractor.

    USN hangar decks are open to the sea.

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  • From Gronk@21:1/5 to It also on Tue Apr 29 23:49:06 2025
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    c186282 wrote:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/04/28/us-loses-fighter-after-falls-off-aircraft-carrier-into-sea/


    US loses $60m fighter jet after it falls off aircraft carrier into sea

    F/A-18 Super Hornet topples overboard after USS Harry S Truman
    makes sharp turn to evade Houthi attack in the Red Sea

    . . .

      Ummm ... didn't they learn to STRAP DOWN the
      things really good ??????

    It was being towed. The plane and the tractor
    both went overboard. Your *own* link says that!

    It also says the ship was executing a "sharp
    turn" to evade a Houthi attack.

      Comes out of the captain's salary ....

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  • From c186282@21:1/5 to Siri Cruz on Wed Apr 30 18:20:22 2025
    XPost: alt.military, alt.politics.usa, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On 4/30/25 1:15 AM, Siri Cruz wrote:
    On 29/4/25 21:14, c186282 wrote:
    On 4/29/25 11:58 PM, Siri Cruz wrote:
    On 29/4/25 20:47, c186282 wrote:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/04/28/us-loses-fighter-after-falls-off-aircraft-carrier-into-sea/




    US loses $60m fighter jet after it falls off aircraft carrier
    into sea

    F/A-18 Super Hornet topples overboard after USS Harry S Truman
    makes sharp turn to evade Houthi attack in the Red Sea

    . . .

       Ummm ... didn't they learn to STRAP DOWN the
       things really good ??????

    While it is being moved around the hangar?

       Wasn't IN "the hangar" - was on the deck.
       That's how it fell off.

    A fighter jet has been "lost at sea" after it fell overboard from an
    aircraft carrier in the Red Sea while it was being towed on the hangar
    deck, the U.S. Navy said.


    A deck is not a "hanger" - sounds like something
    got mangled in translation.


    The F/A-18E Super Hornet fell off the USS Harry S. Truman April 28 as
    sailors towed the aircraft into the hangar bay, according to the Navy.
    The crew had lost control of the jet, which fell into the Red Sea along
    with the tow tractor.

    USN hangar decks are open to the sea.

    If so, not very bright. Salt mist is bad for
    machines.

    In any case, they dropped or pushed the thing
    into the ocean. Who gets the bill ?

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu May 1 01:54:29 2025
    XPost: alt.military, alt.politics.usa, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    c186282 <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    On 4/30/25 1:15 AM, Siri Cruz wrote:
    On 29/4/25 21:14, c186282 wrote:
    On 4/29/25 11:58 PM, Siri Cruz wrote:
    On 29/4/25 20:47, c186282 wrote:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/04/28/us-loses-fighter-aft
    er-falls-off-aircraft-carrier-into-sea/




    US loses $60m fighter jet after it falls off aircraft carrier
    into sea

    F/A-18 Super Hornet topples overboard after USS Harry S Truman
    makes sharp turn to evade Houthi attack in the Red Sea

    . . .

       Ummm ... didn't they learn to STRAP DOWN the
       things really good ??????

    While it is being moved around the hangar?

       Wasn't IN "the hangar" - was on the deck.
       That's how it fell off.

    A fighter jet has been "lost at sea" after it fell overboard from an
    aircraft carrier in the Red Sea while it was being towed on the
    hangar deck, the U.S. Navy said.


    A deck is not a "hanger" - sounds like something
    got mangled in translation.


    All carriers have a flight deck and a hanger deck.


    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hangar%20deck

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  • From Siri Cruz@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 30 19:14:55 2025
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    On 30/4/25 15:20, c186282 wrote:

    A fighter jet has been "lost at sea" after it fell overboard
    from an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea while it was being
    towed on the hangar deck, the U.S. Navy said.


    A deck is not a "hanger" - sounds like something
    got mangled in translation.

    It is a flat place run near full length and breadth of the
    ship--a deck. It is called the hangar, hangar bay, and hanger deck.

    USN hangar decks are open to the sea.

    If so, not very bright. Salt mist is bad for
    machines.

    The hangar deck has interior doors that break airflow, contain
    fires, etc. Some navies use closed hangars. USN uses open hangars
    and has the experience to make them work.

    In any case, they dropped or pushed the thing
    into the ocean. Who gets the bill ?

    US taxpayers, of course. It is the cost of sending carriers into
    combat adjacency.

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  • From John Doe@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 30 20:56:32 2025
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    On 4/29/2025 9:47 PM, c186282 wrote:
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/04/28/us-loses-fighter-after- falls-off-aircraft-carrier-into-sea/

    US loses $60m fighter jet after it falls off aircraft carrier into sea

    F/A-18 Super Hornet topples overboard after USS Harry S Truman
    makes sharp turn to evade Houthi attack in the Red Sea

    . . .

      Ummm ... didn't they learn to STRAP DOWN the
      things really good ??????

      Comes out of the captain's salary ....

    What an apt metaphor for putting an unqualified toadie in charge of the
    defense department.

    The only thing missing is for Trump to instantly blame anyone but a
    white man.

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  • From -hh@21:1/5 to Gronk on Thu May 1 09:34:22 2025
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    On 4/30/25 01:49, Gronk wrote:
    ...

    It also says the ship was executing a "sharp
    turn" to evade a Houthi attack.

    That's the most disconcerting part, once one thinks about it for a few
    minutes.


    -hh

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  • From c186282@21:1/5 to Siri Cruz on Fri May 2 03:15:21 2025
    XPost: alt.military, alt.politics.usa, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On 4/30/25 10:14 PM, Siri Cruz wrote:
    On 30/4/25 15:20, c186282 wrote:

    A fighter jet has been "lost at sea" after it fell overboard
    from an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea while it was being
    towed on the hangar deck, the U.S. Navy said.


       A deck is not a "hanger" - sounds like something
       got mangled in translation.

    It is a flat place run near full length and breadth of the ship--a deck.
    It is called the hangar, hangar bay, and hanger deck.

    USN hangar decks are open to the sea.

       If so, not very bright. Salt mist is bad for
       machines.

    The hangar deck has interior doors that break airflow, contain fires,
    etc. Some navies use closed hangars. USN uses open hangars and has the experience to make them work.

    IF they kind of have it down to a science then fine.

    Just doesn't seem completely smart. Salt mist WILL
    rot the shit out of aluminum plus copper wiring and
    connectors. Reference the commercial boating industry.
    It's a BIG PROB.

    One of my brothers was into boats - hole in the ocean
    into which you pour money IMHO. More than once had to
    help rebuild entire wiring harnesses & switching.
    Note - you have to use a LOW-impedance continuity
    meter, not the modern HIGH-impedance ones. In short
    you have to run meaningful current through the wires
    and switches to see what's rotted away. The old
    fashioned 12v automobile tail-light bulb works OK.
    HIGH-impedance meters ... you only need a micro-amp
    getting past the corrosion and it'll LOOK like you
    have a good circuit.

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