VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) -- On Sunday morning Arabian Standard Time, a U.S. Navy ship mistakenly fired on a U.S. fighter jet in the Red Sea. Reports said the USS Gettysburg, a Ticonderoga-class missile-guided cruiser, fired on an F/A-18 Super Hornet. The roughly $67.4 million jet crashed, but both airmen inside were able to eject safely. F/A-18 shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident: US military The Associated Press reported one of them suffered minor injuries, but it's unclear whether they were the pilot or the weapons system officer onboard. Additionally, Fox News has reported that a second jet was also fired at, but was able to maneuver to avoid collision. The missile reportedly missed them by just 100 feet, per the Fox News source. U.S. Central Command has not confirmed the second incident. The 'friendly-fire' mishap is one that has raised many questions from civilians and military personnel. Retired naval aviator Cmdr. Donald D. Smith is no exception. "I'm not aware of a major enemy aircraft there," he said. "If there was, or if there was a reasonable belief that there was an enemy there, of course, the guided missile cruiser could have mistaken friendly airplane for an enemy aircraft can't open fire." Outside of some aged F-14 jets in Iran, far from the Red Sea, Smith isn't aware of there being any enemy aircraft in the region. With more than 21 years as a pilot, Smith was stunned to hear the "blue-on-blue" takedown. He acknowledged the Red Sea being a tense region, but hoped there was more communication between ships to prevent the shootdown. "It would seem to me that they would be communicating," he said. "There's so many different circumstances. We have what we call a guard channel that is wide open, a channel that everybody is on all the time." According to U.S. Central Communications, the F/A-18 Super Hornet had taken off from the USS Harry S. Truman carrier. Both the Truman and Gettysburg are a part of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. With that in mind, Smith wondered how the communication could have been lost. CENTCOMM has not provided any further information on the incident, only that the investigation is still ongoing. Fox News is reporting both jets were preparing to land back on the Truman, something CENTCOMM has reported differently. Stay with WAVY.com for more local news, weather and traffic.