In May, a U.S. Navy jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier was lost to the Red Sea after the pilot and weapons systems officer were forced to eject when the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet ’s tail hook failed to catch the stopping wire and suffered an arrestment failure as it attempted to land on the carrier.

Late Wednesday afternoon, a Navy F-35C crashed in California, close to NAS Lemoore, which is the home of the Navy’s West Coast F-35Cs and F/A-18E/F aircraft. F-35C Crash: What We Know as of 7/31/2025 1 PM EST Details are sketchy as the investigation into the crash is in