A U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet, both assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), went down in separate incidents on October 26, 2025, while conducting routine operations. According to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the MH-60R Sea Hawk from the “Battle Cats” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 crashed at approximately 2:45 p.m. local time in the South China Sea. Search and rescue teams from Carrier Strike Group 11