JUN 30, 2019

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler recently made it back to base after suffering a terrifying mid-air mishap, which left its two-person crew flying blind and frostbitten after the aircraft’s environment control system failed in part thanks to a pair of high-tech wrist watches. The incident occurred just over a year after the canopy on another one of the electronic warfare planes exploded in a bizarre over-pressurization incident and as the service continues to struggle to find exactly what’s causing persistent reports of “hypoxia-like” symptoms across the F/A-18 Hornet, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and Growler fleets.

Quite simply, we don't make them like we used to. Don't attribute to malice what can properly be attributed to stupidity.

look up the story of when the b2s crossed the international dateline and all shut down

Junk like this happens more than you know. Hell, we've dropped a couple of gravity nukes on our own soil by accident. If I remember correctly, one was lost for quite some time in a swamp in Georgia or Louisiana or some place.