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 Statement regarding Iranian UAV unsafe and unprofessional interaction with US Navy F/A-18E By Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command
                5th Fleet Public Affairs
 170319-N-NI812-104
PACIFIC OCEAN (March 19, 2017) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The ship is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise with its carrier strike group in preparation for an upcoming deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communicaiton Specialist Seaman Ian Kinkead/Released)




PACIFIC OCEAN (March 19, 2017) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The ship is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise with its carrier strike group in preparation for an upcoming deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communicaiton Specialist Seaman Ian Kinkead/Released)
        Sailor stands on flight deck
            170319-N-NI812-104
PACIFIC OCEAN (March 19, 2017) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The ship is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise with its carrier strike group in preparation for an upcoming deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communicaiton Specialist Seaman Ian Kinkead/Released)

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                    VIRIN: 170319-N-NI812-0104  Despite repeated radio calls to stay clear of active fixed-wing flight operations in vicinity of USS Nimitz, the QOM-1 executed unsafe and unprofessional altitude changes in the close vicinity of an F/A-18E in a holding pattern preparing to land on the aircraft carrier. The F/A-18E maneuvered to avoid collision with the QOM-1 resulting in a lateral separation of approximately 200 feet and a vertical separation of approximately 100 feet. The dangerous maneuver by the QOM-1 in the known vicinity of fixed wing flight operations and at coincident altitude with operating aircraft created a collision hazard and is not in keeping with international maritime customs and laws.   This is the 13th unsafe and/or unprofessional interaction between U.S. and Iranian maritime forces in 2017.
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