Yemen: America is at War-ish.
The Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists of Ansarullah were attacked by the US & and UK. How long before the REAL shooting starts?
US Navy EF-18G Growler takes off to attack Yemen (Photo: US Central Command)
At midnight on the morning of January 12, 2024, a flight of four Royal Air Force Typhoon strike fighters took off from RAF Akrotiri in southern Cyprus. The British strike group turned south, transiting over the Israel/Egyptian border, and entered the Gulf of Eilat between Jordan and the Sinai peninsula. They flew through international airspace, passing down into the Red Sea, keeping Saudi Arabia off to their left. It was difficult flying. They flew in the dark in wartime conditions made even more difficult when they had to conduct an inflight refueling while wearing night vision goggles.
At approximately 1:30 AM dozens of US Navy strike aircraft from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower catapulted into the air and assembled a hundred miles west of the Yemeni coastal city of Hodeidah. The combined US-British aerial force planned to turn east towards northern Yemen. From the pilot’s perspective the countryside is a b…