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https://news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/8663662-scaled.jpegTHIS IS A BREAKING STORY. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE PUBLISHED AS IS AVAILABLE. Two U.S. Navy aviators are safe after their F/A-18F Super Hornet was shot down by a friendly American ship by mistake, according to a late Saturday statement from U.S. Central Command. The following is the complete statement from U.S. Central Command. TAMPA, Fla. – Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely over the Red Sea during the early morning hours of December 22 when their F/A-18 fighter aircraft was shot down in an apparent case of friendly fire. The guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64), which is