Five crew members were rescued Sunday after a U.S. Navy helicopter and a fighter jet both went down in separate incidents in the South China sea. In both incidents, the aircraft were conducting routine operations from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nimitz.

A Navy helicopter and a fighter jet, both conducting routine operations from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, went down in the South China Sea about 30 minutes apart Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Fleet said in a statement. The U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk ...

The U.S. Navy lost two aircraft from the USS Nimitz in separate incidents within 30 minutes in the South China Sea. Navy officials said that three crew members of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter were rescued, while two aviators in the F/A-18F Super Hornet ...

The U.S. Navy said it recovered an F/A-18F Super Hornet and a MH-60R Seahawk lost from USS Nimitz in two separate incidents in the South China Sea back in October. The incidents remain under investigation while retrieved aircraft parts are being moved to a specified U.S. military facility in the Indo-Pacific for thorough examination, the Navy said.