Also, just before posting this Houthis have claimed they shot it down lmao.
If you read the statement , it states: “Shooting down an F-18 aircraft while the destroyers were trying to confront the Yemeni drones and missiles.” In that context it reads, to me at least, as if the Yemeni Armed Forces engineered a situation which caused the US to shoot down their own plane. A valid and impressive tactic, a loss is a loss no matter what or who fires the shot.
My air force buddy says that sometimes F-18 pilots will try to “nudge” cruise missiles to divert them, so it’s possible that both of these are nudges gone wrong. It’s also possible that I’m the heat of the moment, the pilots were attempting a nudge while the destroyer was firing anti missile shots and hit them
If you read the statement , it states: “Shooting down an F-18 aircraft while the destroyers were trying to confront the Yemeni drones and missiles.” In that context it reads, to me at least, as if the Yemeni Armed Forces engineered a situation which caused the US to shoot down their own plane. A valid and impressive tactic, a loss is a loss no matter what or who fires the shot.
My air force buddy says that sometimes F-18 pilots will try to “nudge” cruise missiles to divert them, so it’s possible that both of these are nudges gone wrong. It’s also possible that I’m the heat of the moment, the pilots were attempting a nudge while the destroyer was firing anti missile shots and hit them
Agreed. I think the translation to English is probably goofy