WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy on Thursday released the results of its investigation into four incidents involving the USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike group during its deployment to the Middle East in late 2024 through earlier this year.

The incidents, which occurred between December 2024 and May 2025, involved the loss of three F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets in the Red Sea and a collision between the carrier and a merchant vessel near Port Said, Egypt.

The investigation found that a trip wire failure, poor computer signaling, “substandard maintenance practices” and “overall low-level knowledge“ among some of the carrier group’s personnel contributed to the incidents, according to the report on the investigation. In December 2024, an accidental “friendly fire” incident involving two F/A

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