A Navy helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet went down in the South China Sea on the afternoon of Oct. 26 in two separate incidents.
The U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet made the announcement on X, stating that “at approximately 2:45 p.m. local time, a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the ‘Battle Cats’ of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, went down in the waters of the South China Sea while conducting routine operations.”
“Following the incident, separately, at 3:15 p.m., an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter assigned to the ‘Fighting Redcocks’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 also went down in the waters of the South China Sea while conducting routine operations from Nimitz,” the statement added….