Five U.S. Navy crew members were rescued on Sunday after an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet went down in two separate incidents over the South China Sea. Both aircraft were conducting routine operations from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) when they went down about 30 minutes apart.

The Sea Hawk, part of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, went down at around 2:45 p.m. local time, the fleet said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. All three crew members were safely recovered by search and rescue assets assigned to Carrier Strike Group 11.

About 30 minutes later, at 3:15 p.m., an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 also went down while operating from the Nimitz, the Pacific Fleet said. Both crew members “succ

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