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Yahoo
30-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Truman air wing returns home after long, eventful trip to Red Sea
VIRGINIA BEACH — A long, eventful deployment reached the finish line Friday as the F/A-18s from the carrier Harry S. Truman flew in formation over Virginia Beach, as the crews' loved ones waited eagerly near the runway. After 8 1/2 months, Carrier Air Wing returned to Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach on Friday. 'I'm just so happy to be home,' said Capt. Leslie Mintz. 'I'm so happy everyone is home and reunited with their families.' The aircraft carrier and its strike group spent more than five months defending merchant mariners and military vessels from Houthi drones and missiles in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. It lost three F/A-18s during that time, but no crew members. One of the fighter jets was shot down accidentally by friendly fire. A second fell overboard as the carrier made an abrupt turn while the jet was being towed. A third crashed into the Red Sea after the aircraft failed to land on the carrier. .'] Even after the incidents encountered while deployed, Mintz said one word she would use to describe the air wing would be perseverance. 'It is a bond that will never be broken, what we have done together,' Mintz said. Kendall Warner,
Al Bawaba
27-03-2025
- Politics
- Al Bawaba
At least 2 killed in US airstrikes in Yemen
ALBAWABA - At least two people were killed and two others were injured in four US attacks targeting Khawlan district, east of the capital, Sanaa, local media in Yemen confirmed on Thursday. Also Read Massive U.S. raids pound Yemen's capital, Sana'a Media outlets affiliated with the Houthi group also reported that a series of US airstrikes targeted areas in the northern and southern parts of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Three airstrikes hit the Jarban area in Sanhan District, two airstrikes targeted the Al-Jumaymah area in Bani Hashish District, and two others targeted the Al-Dailami Air Base north of Sanaa, local media added. Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during flight operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 26, 2025 By Wednesday evening, the US has carried out about 100 airstrikes against the Houthi targets in Yemen, killing and wounding dozens, including women and children. Tension between the US and Houthis: Tension has escalated in the past week between the Ansar Allah group and the US. The Yemeni group announced targeting a United States naval vessel (USS Harry S. Truman) in the Red Sea, calling it "retaliation" for Washington's strikes on Yemen. The US attacked the Yemeni rebels after the group announced they would resume targeting Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza. The Yemeni group announced the resumption of attacks in the Red Sea following the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire deal and Israel's resumption of attacks on the strip. Since then, the US has been carrying out attacks targeting Houthi sites, while the Yemeni group has targeted USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea and launched missiles towards Tel Aviv.
