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2 U.S. pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire' incident: military

Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down over the Red Sea early Sunday in "an apparent case of friendly fire," the US military said. United States Central Command said late on Saturday that both US pilots were recovered alive but "initial assessments indicate that one of the crew members sustained minor injuries". CENTCOM said the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg …

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US Fighter Jet Shot Down, Pilots Safe

Deccan Chronicle

One US Navy aircraft was shot down on Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent friendly fire incident, the US military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels. The guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, which is part of the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, mistakenly …

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Two Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ’friendly fire’ incident: U.S. military

The Hindu

Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S. military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Both pilots were recovered alive, with one suffering minor injuries, but the incident underlines just how dangerous the Red Sea …

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2 US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident, US military says

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The U.S. military had conducted airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels at the time of the …

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2 days, 16 hours ago

2 US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident, US military says

Politico

The F/A-18 shot down had just flown off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, Central Command said. On Dec. 15, Central Command acknowledged the Truman had entered the Mideast, but hadn’t specified that the carrier and its battle group was in the Red Sea. “The guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, which is part of the USS …

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2 days, 16 hours ago

2 U.S. Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident, U.S. military says

LA Times

A fighter jet maneuvers on the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea on June 11. Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels. …

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4 months ago

French destroyer rescues 29 mariners from oil tanker stricken in Red Sea attacks by Yemen rebels

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A French destroyer rescued 29 mariners from an oil tanker that came under repeated attack in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said Thursday, while also destroying a bomb-carrying drone boat in the area. The vessel had been staffed by a crew of 25 Filipinos and Russians, as well as four private security …

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4 months ago

Greek oil tanker drifting and ablaze after repeated attacks in the Red Sea, British military says

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Greek-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel “not under command” and drifting ablaze after an assault suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the British military said. In the attack, men on small boats first opened fire with small arms about 140 …

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4 months, 1 week ago

A ship in the Red Sea is attacked 3 times by suspected Yemeni rebels, including with a drone boat

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Liberian-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea came under attack three times on Tuesday, including in an assault using a bomb-carrying drone boat, likely the latest in a campaign by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over the Israel-Hamas war, officials said. The Greek-managed Delta Atlantica was first attacked when two explosives detonated near it, according to …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

US to boost military presence in Mideast, sending fighter jet squadron and keeping carrier in region

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the Pentagon said Friday, beefing up the American military presence to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies and safeguard U.S. troops. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has also ordered additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. to boost military presence in Middle East, sending fighter jet squadron

LA Times

The U.S. will move a fighter jet squadron to the Middle East and maintain an aircraft carrier in the region, the Pentagon has said, beefing up the American military presence to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies and safeguard U.S. troops. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has also ordered additional ballistic-missile-defense-capable cruisers and destroyers …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Devastating details of JFK Jr's ultra-secretive burial at sea are revealed for the first time - including his sister Caroline's heart-breaking display of grief as she said her final goodbye

Daily Mail

The Navy chaplains who presided over his funeral spoke to the authors about it A new JFK Jr biography lays bare many intimate details about his life and death Heart-wrenching new details about JFK Jr's burial at sea have been revealed for the very first time - 25 years after the former President's son was laid to rest alongside his …

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5 months, 1 week ago

India, US conduct joint multi-manoeuvre maritime exercise in Arabian Sea

New Indian Express

Giving details about the exercise, the Indian Navy added, “The ships undertook replenishment at sea, crossdeck flying operations, and air defence exercises, including maritime manoeuvres, demonstrating seamless Indian Navy-US Navy interoperability and enhancing the ability to undertake complex joint maritime operations.” The US Embassy, in its statement, said, “The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group operated alongside forces from the U.S. …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

An escape, a shot in the dark, a legacy: Here is Olympian Lilia Vu

New York Times

Around 1980, near the small village of Cần Giuộc in southern Vietnam, a single glass of water was centered on a table. Her family escaped when she was 3, and she recalls growing up with a stigma that was assigned to the older generations and inherited by the younger — the persistent idea that being a boat refugee meant “being …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

As North Korean and Chinese threats rise, US looks to lock in defense partnerships with Asian allies

Associated Press

GIMHAE AIR BASE, South Korea — The United States wrapped up its first multidomain exercise with Japan and South Korea in the East China Sea on Saturday, a step forward in Washington’s efforts to strengthen and lock in its security partnerships with key Asian allies in the face of growing threats from North Korea and China. “For trilateral exercises like …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

US shifts assault ship to the Mediterranean to deter risk of Israel-Lebanon conflict escalating

The Independent

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

US shifts assault ship to the Mediterranean to deter an escalation of the Israel-Lebanon conflict

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea this week as the U.S. positions warships to try to keep fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon from escalating into a wider war in the Middle East. A second U.S. official said the rotation is similar to the U.S. sending the USS Bataan assault ship into …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. shifts assault ship to the Mediterranean to deter an escalation of Israel-Hezbollah conflict

LA Times

The USS Wasp amphibious assault ship, shown on New York’s Hudson River during fleet week last year, entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea this week. The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea this week as the U.S. positions warships to try to keep fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon from escalating into a wider war in …

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6 months ago

A US aircraft carrier and its crew have fought Houthi attacks for months. How long can it last?

Associated Press

ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN THE RED SEA — The combat markings emblazoned on the F/A-18 fighter jet tell the story: 15 missiles and six drones, painted in black just below the cockpit windshield. As the jet sits on the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, its markings illuminate the enemy …

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6 months, 1 week ago

US aircraft carrier captain playfully counters Houthi’s false online claims of hitting his ship

Associated Press

ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN THE RED SEA — The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower may be one of the oldest aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy, but it’s still fighting — despite repeated false claims by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Christopher “Chowdah” Hill, is creatively striking back on social media to counter the misinformation — and boost the morale …

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6 months, 1 week ago

US Navy faces its most intense combat since World War II against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels

Associated Press

ABOARD THE USS LABOON IN THE RED SEA — The U.S. Navy prepared for decades to potentially fight the Soviet Union, then later Russia and China, on the world’s waterways. “This is the most sustained combat that the U.S. Navy has seen since World War II — easily, no question,” said Bryan Clark, a former Navy submariner and a senior …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch boat-borne bomb attack against Greek-owned ship in Red Sea

Associated Press

ABOARD THE USS LABOON IN THE RED SEA — Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a boat-borne bomb attack against a commercial ship in the Red Sea on Wednesday, authorities said, the latest escalation despite a U.S.-led campaign trying to protect the vital waterway. Associated Press journalists saw the Cole in the Red Sea on Wednesday, now taking part in the U.S. …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Pentagon chief extends deployment of aircraft carrier, ships in the Red Sea as Houthi attacks go on

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group that for months has launched crucial strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen to protect military and commercial ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden will remain in the region for at least another month, according to U.S. officials. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signed the order last week to …

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7 months, 1 week ago

USS Ronald Reagan leaves its Japan home port after nearly 9 years

Associated Press

YOKOSUKA, Japan — A U.S. Navy strike group’s flagship aircraft carrier left its Japanese home port on Thursday, wrapping up nearly nine years of deployment in the Indo-Pacific, where it served a key role in the U.S. effort to bolster defense ties with Japan and other partners in the region. The departure of USS Ronald Reagan — one of America’s …

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2 U.S. pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire' incident: military

US Fighter Jet Shot Down, Pilots Safe

Two Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ’friendly fire’ incident: U.S. military

2 US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident, US military says

2 US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident, US military says

2 U.S. Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident, U.S. military says

French destroyer rescues 29 mariners from oil tanker stricken in Red Sea attacks by Yemen rebels

Greek oil tanker drifting and ablaze after repeated attacks in the Red Sea, British military says

A ship in the Red Sea is attacked 3 times by suspected Yemeni rebels, including with a drone boat

US to boost military presence in Mideast, sending fighter jet squadron and keeping carrier in region

U.S. to boost military presence in Middle East, sending fighter jet squadron

Devastating details of JFK Jr's ultra-secretive burial at sea are revealed for the first time - including his sister Caroline's heart-breaking display of grief as she said her final goodbye

India, US conduct joint multi-manoeuvre maritime exercise in Arabian Sea

An escape, a shot in the dark, a legacy: Here is Olympian Lilia Vu

As North Korean and Chinese threats rise, US looks to lock in defense partnerships with Asian allies

US shifts assault ship to the Mediterranean to deter risk of Israel-Lebanon conflict escalating

US shifts assault ship to the Mediterranean to deter an escalation of the Israel-Lebanon conflict

U.S. shifts assault ship to the Mediterranean to deter an escalation of Israel-Hezbollah conflict

A US aircraft carrier and its crew have fought Houthi attacks for months. How long can it last?

US aircraft carrier captain playfully counters Houthi’s false online claims of hitting his ship

US Navy faces its most intense combat since World War II against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels

Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch boat-borne bomb attack against Greek-owned ship in Red Sea

Pentagon chief extends deployment of aircraft carrier, ships in the Red Sea as Houthi attacks go on

USS Ronald Reagan leaves its Japan home port after nearly 9 years