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Two US Navy pilots shot down over Pink Sea in obvious ‘pleasant hearth’ incident, US navy says
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Two US Navy pilots shot down over Pink Sea in obvious ‘pleasant hearth’ incident, US navy says

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Two US Navy pilots shot down over Pink Sea in obvious ‘pleasant hearth’ incident, US navy says

A fighter jet maneuvers on the deck of the usDwight D. Eisenhower within the Pink Sea, June 11, 2024.

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Two U.S. Navy pilots had been shot down Sunday over the Pink Sea in an obvious “friendly fire” incident, the usmilitary stated, marking essentially the most critical incident to threaten troops in over a 12 months of America concentrating on Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

Each pilots had been recovered alive after ejecting from their stricken plane, with one struggling minor accidents. However the shootdown underlines simply how harmful the Pink Sea hall has turn out to be over the continuing assaults on transport by the Iranian-backed Houthis regardless of U.S. and European navy coalitions patrolling the world.

The U.S. navy had carried out airstrikes concentrating on Yemen’s Houthi rebels on the time, although the U.S. navy’s Central Command didn’t elaborate on what their mission was and didn’t instantly reply to questions from The Related Press.

The F/A-18 shot down had simply flown off the deck of the usHarry S. Truman plane service, Central Command stated. On Dec. 15, Central Command acknowledged the Truman had entered the Mideast, however hadn’t specified that the service and its battle group was within the Pink Sea.

“The guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, which is part of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, mistakenly fired on and hit the F/A-18,” Central Command stated in a press release.

From the navy’s description, the plane shot down was a two-seat F/A-18 Tremendous Hornet fighter jet assigned to the “Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron 11 out of Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia.

It wasn’t instantly clear how the Gettysburg may mistake an F/A-18 for an enemy plane or missile, significantly as ships in a battle group stay linked by each radar and radio communication.

Nonetheless, Central Command stated that warships and plane earlier shot down a number of Houthi drones and an anti-ship cruise missile launched by the rebels. Incoming hostile hearth from the Houthis has given sailors simply seconds to make selections up to now.

Because the Truman’s arrival, the U.S. has stepped up its airstrikes concentrating on the Houthis and their missile hearth into the Pink Sea and the encompassing space. Nonetheless, the presence of an American warship group might spark renewed assaults from the rebels, like what the usDwight D. Eisenhower noticed earlier this 12 months. That deployment marked what the Navy described as its most intense fight since World Warfare II.

On Saturday night time and early Sunday, U.S. warplanes carried out airstrikes that shook Sanaa, the capital of Yemen that the Houthis have held since 2014. Central Command described the strikes as concentrating on a “missile storage facility” and a “command-and-control facility,” with out elaborating.

Houthi-controlled media reported strikes in each Sanaa and across the port metropolis of Hodeida, with out providing any casualty or harm data. In Sanaa, strikes appeared significantly focused at a mountainside recognized to be residence to navy installations. The Houthis didn’t acknowledge the plane being shot down within the Pink Sea.

The Houthis have focused about 100 service provider vessels with missiles and drones for the reason that Israel-Hamas struggle within the Gaza Strip began in October 2023 after Hamas’ shock assault on Israel that killed 1,200 individuals and noticed 250 others taken hostage.

Israel’s grinding offensive in Gaza has killed greater than 45,000 Palestinians, native well being officers say. The tally does not distinguish between combatants and civilians.

The Houthis have seized one vessel and sunk two in a marketing campaign that has additionally killed 4 sailors. Different missiles and drones have both been intercepted by separate U.S.- and European-led coalitions within the Pink Sea or failed to achieve their targets, which have additionally included Western navy vessels.

The rebels preserve that they aim ships linked to Israel, the U.S. or the UK to pressure an finish to Israel’s marketing campaign towards Hamas in Gaza. Nonetheless, lots of the ships attacked have little or no connection to the battle, together with some certain for Iran.

The Houthis even have more and more focused Israel itself with drones and missiles, leading to retaliatory Israeli airstrikes.

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