USS Eisenhower Pilots Conduct Unprecedented Combat Strikes on Houthi Targets in Red Sea
ABOARD THE USS EISENHOWER, RED SEA – The mission of U.S. fighter pilots aboard the USS Eisenhower has taken on a new and unexpected challenge in the Red Sea. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Travis Keating, an F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot, expressed the difficulty of adapting their training to the task of locating and destroying hidden weapons depots in Houthi-controlled Yemen. On a joint U.S.-U.K. mission, more than two dozen F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters and support aircraft …