<!-- wp:html --><p>USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducts flight operations in response to increased Iranian-backed Houthi malign behavior in the Red Sea.</p>
<p class="copyright">US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaitlin Watt</p>
<p>The US and UK launched airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen earlier this month.The strikes were in retaliation to Houthi attacks on commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea.Photos of the nighttime flights demonstrate the power of the US response.</p>
<p>The US and UK launched <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-uk-ships-aircraft-that-struck-back-at-houthi-military-2024-1" rel="noopener">a series of airstrikes</a> against Houthi militants in Yemen earlier this month.</p>
<p>The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-continues-barrage-missile-attacks-against-houthi-rebels-in-yemen-2024-1" rel="noopener">strikes came in retaliation</a> to the Iranian-backed rebel group's attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, which are ongoing <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-gave-houthis-final-warning-iran-rebels-answered-huge-attack-2024-1" rel="noopener">despite repeated warnings from the US and its allies</a>.</p>
<p>On January 12, armed forces led by the US and UK, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, used more than <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-missiles-shoot-down-houthi-threats-major-boost-new-warheads-2024-1" rel="noopener">100 precision-guided munitions</a> on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-launches-strikes-houthis-following-shipping-attacks-2024-1" rel="noopener">more than 60 Houthi targets in Yemen</a>.</p>
<p>Despite the strikes, Houthi rebels continued to attack commercial shipping vessels. The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/13/us/politics/houthis-yemen-us-airstrikes.html" rel="noopener">New York Times</a> reported that the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/houthis-retain-offensive-power-despite-us-led-airstrikes-report-2024-1" rel="noopener">Houthis likely hid most of their missiles and drones</a> before the US-led air attacks, allowing them to retain about 75% of their firepower.</p>
<p>A little over a week later, the US launched more unilateral strikes on eight Houthi targets, including an underground storage site and key missile and air surveillance locations.</p>
<p>"These precision strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Houthis use to threaten global trade and the lives of innocent mariners," the US, UK, and its allies said in a joint statement following the strikes.</p>
<p>Photos and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/videos-american-british-strikes-on-houthis-vowing-revenge-2024-1" rel="noopener">video footage</a> show the flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier, the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/another-us-navy-carrier-strike-group-heading-waters-near-israel-2023-10" rel="noopener">USS Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>, ahead of the intense strikes.</p>
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<div class="slide-title">USS Dwight D. Eisenhower</div>
<div class="slide-image">The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) transits the Atlantic Ocean during Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7's fly-off.
<p class="copyright">US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan D. McLearnon/Released</p>
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<p>The Carrier Wing 3, one of the oldest air wings in the Navy, operates aboard the Ike, a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uss-dwight-eisenhower-uss-gerald-ford-joint-operations-mediterranean-sea-2023-11" rel="noopener">nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier</a>. The air wing includes aircraft like the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/navy-super-hornets-lower-availability-than-other-us-fighter-jets-2023-4" rel="noopener">F/A-18 Super Hornet</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/e2d-quarterback-of-carrier-air-wings-first-flew-in-2007-2022-8" rel="noopener">E-2 Hawkeye</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-releases-vision-for-more-competitive-carrier-air-wing-2021-11" rel="noopener">EA-18G Growler</a>.</p>
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<div class="slide-image">An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet takes off on the flight deck of USS Eisenhower.
<p class="copyright">US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaitlin Watt</p>
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<p>Videos showed the aircraft blasting from the flight deck of the Eisenhower in the dead of night.</p>
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<div class="slide-image">An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet takes off on the flight deck of USS Eisenhower.
<p class="copyright">US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Elmore</p>
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<p>Among the aircraft aboard the Eisenhower is the F/A-18 Super Hornet, a twin-engine supersonic fighter jet that can be armed with air-to-surface missiles and bombs.</p>
<p>The combat jet can travel at Mach 1.8 (about 1,380 mph) and fly a range of 1,275 nautical miles and altitudes higher than 50,000 feet. There are two versions of the Super Hornet — a two-seater F model and a single-seat E model, like the one shown above.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/LucasFoxNews/status/1745648239406104906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1745648239406104906%7Ctwgr%5E09079d0f3201a11edbaa6c6fa2f1771b3218020b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheaviationist.com%2F2024%2F01%2F12%2Fstrikes-on-houthi-in-yemen%2F" rel="noopener">A US official told Fox News</a> that over 15 Super Hornets were used in the strikes out of <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/KToropin/status/1745852840872919356?s=20" rel="noopener">a total of 22 fixed-wing aircraft</a> from the aircraft carrier, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.</p>
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<div class="slide-image">An E/A-18G Growler prepares to take off from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
<p class="copyright">US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Elmore</p>
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<p>The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-navy-carrier-aircraft-have-dominated-for-almost-a-century-2021-1" rel="noopener">E/A-18G Growler</a>, a variant of the F/A-18 Superhornet, was also used in the airstrikes. The US Navy is the sole operator of the Growler, though it is sometimes cooperatively operated by Australian armed forces.</p>
<p>The two-seater electronic warfare jet can reach altitudes of up to 50,000 feet and has a range of 850 nautical miles with its full payload. It can carry two Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), up to three radar jamming pods, and three air-to-surface tactical missiles.</p>
<p>It can also carry two 480-gallon external fuel tanks.</p>
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<div class="slide-image">An E-2C Hawkeye on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
<p class="copyright">US Central Command Public Affairs courtesy photo</p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-e-2c-hawkeye-crashes-in-virginia-2020-8" rel="noopener">The E-2C Hawkeye</a> is an all-weather, twin-turboprop tactical aircraft dubbed the "eyes of the fleet." It can carry up to five crewmembers and has a massive radar above its fuselage that helps the aircraft to serve airborne early warning and battle management tasks.</p>
<p>First operational in 1973, the Hawkeye was the first carrier-based aircraft "designed from the outset for the all-weather airborne early warning and command and control mission," according to the US Navy.</p>
<p>The newest variant of the E-2C, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/e2d-quarterback-of-carrier-air-wings-first-flew-in-2007-2022-8" rel="noopener">the Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye</a>, celebrated its 15th anniversary since its first flight in August 2022.</p>
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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower conducts flight operations in response to increased Iranian-backed Houthi malign behavior in the Red Sea.
US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaitlin Watt
The US and UK launched airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen earlier this month.The strikes were in retaliation to Houthi attacks on commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea.Photos of the nighttime flights demonstrate the power of the US response.
The US and UK launched a series of airstrikes against Houthi militants in Yemen earlier this month.
A little over a week later, the US launched more unilateral strikes on eight Houthi targets, including an underground storage site and key missile and air surveillance locations.
“These precision strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Houthis use to threaten global trade and the lives of innocent mariners,” the US, UK, and its allies said in a joint statement following the strikes.
An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet takes off on the flight deck of USS Eisenhower.
US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaitlin Watt
Videos showed the aircraft blasting from the flight deck of the Eisenhower in the dead of night.
F/A-18 Super Hornet
An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet takes off on the flight deck of USS Eisenhower.
US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Elmore
Among the aircraft aboard the Eisenhower is the F/A-18 Super Hornet, a twin-engine supersonic fighter jet that can be armed with air-to-surface missiles and bombs.
The combat jet can travel at Mach 1.8 (about 1,380 mph) and fly a range of 1,275 nautical miles and altitudes higher than 50,000 feet. There are two versions of the Super Hornet — a two-seater F model and a single-seat E model, like the one shown above.
An E/A-18G Growler prepares to take off from the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Elmore
The E/A-18G Growler, a variant of the F/A-18 Superhornet, was also used in the airstrikes. The US Navy is the sole operator of the Growler, though it is sometimes cooperatively operated by Australian armed forces.
The two-seater electronic warfare jet can reach altitudes of up to 50,000 feet and has a range of 850 nautical miles with its full payload. It can carry two Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), up to three radar jamming pods, and three air-to-surface tactical missiles.
It can also carry two 480-gallon external fuel tanks.
E-2C Hawkeye
An E-2C Hawkeye on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
US Central Command Public Affairs courtesy photo
The E-2C Hawkeye is an all-weather, twin-turboprop tactical aircraft dubbed the “eyes of the fleet.” It can carry up to five crewmembers and has a massive radar above its fuselage that helps the aircraft to serve airborne early warning and battle management tasks.
First operational in 1973, the Hawkeye was the first carrier-based aircraft “designed from the outset for the all-weather airborne early warning and command and control mission,” according to the US Navy.
