No wonder the United States is a "straw team" that smashed two planes in 30 minutes, and even India couldn't do this.

On the afternoon of October 26th, a helicopter and a fighter plane crashed into the sea with an interval of less than 30 minutes. Although all five pilots were ejected and rescued, they also lost the "old face" of the United States.

Trump had to come out and "express his respect" to the US military: it was not deliberate sabotage, but it might be poor fuel.Is it really what Trump said, or is it for any other reason?

The accident occurred on the afternoon of October 26, the U.S. Pacific Fleet informed that the first crash at about 2:45 a.m., a MH-60R "Sea Eagle" helicopter took off from the deck of the aircraft carrier "Nimitz" and performed normal tasks, did not fly as far as it fell into the South China Sea, the aircraft's three pilots jumped parachute in time, was recovered by the search and rescue team.

The second occurred at 3:15 p.m., another F/A-18F "Super Big Bear" fighter jet took off, also out of control in the South China Sea, two pilots shot and escaped, were also safely rescued.

Less than half an hour after the two crashes, the U.S. Navy said the cause was still under investigation and no results have been released.

The losses of these two aircraft are not small. The unit price of the "Seahawk" helicopter is about 40 million dollars, and the latest purchase price of the "Super Hornet" fighter jet is 75 million dollars.

According to U.S. Navy standards, flight accidents with losses of more than $2.5 million are the most serious Class A accidents. Both incidents are included. The plane is gone and the money is wasted. More importantly, they expose the Navy's shortcomings.

The USS Nimitz that was involved in the accident was the oldest aircraft carrier in active service in the U.S. Navy. It was in service in 1975 and has been in service for 50 years now. This South China Sea operation is its last sea mission before retiring.

It was originally scheduled to retire in early 2025, but the successor to the "Kennedy" aircraft carrier has not been able to withstand, and the U.S. Navy can only let it continue.

On March 26 this year, the Nimitz set out from the west coast of the United States for a seven-month deployment mission. It is now on its way back and entered the South China Sea on October 17. I didn't expect this to happen.

The old aircraft carrier has many problems. In the past few years, it has returned to Hong Kong many times due to equipment problems.

In 2021, when the test was completed, the material of the nuclear power plant was found to be defective, and in November it was returned to the port, and in 2022 because of the drinking water system pollution, the nuclear reactor is the core of the aircraft carrier, the design life of 50 years, now basically to the head.

The U.S. Navy has to conduct a comprehensive inspection every year. It barely passed the test in November 2024 and was allowed to serve for another year, but the actual time to go to sea is only until 2025.

After his retirement, he went to Virginia to dismantle the equipment and then to the Newport News shipyard to spend 30 months removing nuclear fuel.

It has to be said that the U.S. Navy has had a lot of accidents this year. From fiscal year 2025 to September 30, 12 Class A flight accidents have been reported, a significant increase from 9 in 2024 and 7 in 2023.

On February 12th, an EA-18G electronic attack aircraft crashed near the Naval Air Station in North Island, California, and the pilot was slightly injured. On April 28th, the aircraft carrier "Truman" made an emergency turn in the Red Sea to avoid Yemeni missiles, and a "Super Hornet" fighter plane fell into the sea.

When the aircraft carrier landed at night on May 6, the deterrent system broke down, and another "super big bear" crashed into the sea, losing two in a week.

On July 30, a F-35C stealth fighter crashed during training in California, and on August 20, a F/A-18E training crashed at the coast of Virginia.

There were several reasons for the accidents, first, people were tired, the U.S. Navy's tasks were heavy, the South China Sea, the Red Sea, the Western Pacific ran everywhere, and the "Nimez" was deployed for seven months, and the coalition of shipwreckers descended with high intensity every day, and the pilots and groundwork were exhausted.

The Pentagon report shows that the average annual flight time of U.S. pilots is only 130 hours, far below the 200-hour safety line, less training time, and the risk of mistakes is naturally high.

Many parts manufacturers of the "Nimitz" ship have not been produced for a long time, and the repair team is looking for second-hand goods everywhere.

The Ford-class should have taken over. The first "Ford" has been in service since 2017. The electromagnetic ejection system has continued to fail, and sometimes the aircraft has to be shut down for maintenance every time it is bombed.

The second "Kennedy" was underwater for six months, the trial flight has not yet been filmed, the third "Enterprise" was built for eight years to complete 40%, the shipyard ranks seriously, and the "Truman" was damaged earlier this year, so far not repaired, only hanging the military flag covered.

The shipyard problem is deeper, the Newport News shipyard workers are not enough, the young people do not want to work in the military, and the wages are not high.

Special steel and electronic parts are often out of stock, and progress is delayed again and again. As a result, the number of aircraft carriers has been reduced from 11 to 10, fewer can be mobilized, and other projects have also been delayed, such as new generation nuclear submarines, destroyers, and carrier-based fighter jets.

Trump talked to reporters on the 27th on Air Force One flying from Malaysia to Japan. He said that two accidents occurred one after another as "very unusual" and speculated that it might be a fuel problem and wanted to give the Navy a reason.

But the Navy did not respond, only saying that in the inspection, expert analysis, the probability of problems with fuel at the same time is less, and it is more likely that operational errors or maintenance cannot be followed.

The U.S. Navy is now thick, but used too hard, the number of aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines leading the world, can long run full of loads, and the equipment personnel are inexhaustible.

The frequency of accidents is a warning, China's Fukushima ship side, electromagnetic launches test successfully, F-35 fighters and early warning aircraft are on board., it is expected that combat effectiveness will be formed by the end of 2025. The gap is not in single pieces of equipment, but in overall cooperation.

These two crashes in the South China Sea were not simple accidents, but a concentrated manifestation of the problems of the U.S. Navy for many years. The old aircraft carrier was stubborn, the new aircraft carrier couldn't get on, the pilot training was less, the shipyard was too busy, and the tasks were one after another.

Trump said it was an oil issue, the navy did not respond, the real cause is still being investigated, but the aircraft has fallen into the sea, the loss is real, and the future of the United States can still keep several aircraft carriers out of the sea, it is hard to say.

Reference: Two US military aircraft crashed one after another in the South China Sea, both taking off from the US Nimitz aircraft carrier. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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