The US Central Command admitted Wednesday that the US Navy F/A-18c Hornet from the USS Kitty Hawk may have been downed by a Patriot missile.
Patriot missile may have downed the U.S. Navy F-18C Hornet which was flying a mission over central Iraq at about 11:30 pm (3:30 EST) on Wednesday, according to a press release from the US Central Command forward headquarters in Katar.
The circumstances of the incident are under investigation, it said.
The strike-fighter Hornet was designed to carry out bombing missions and fighting enemy aircraft at the same time.