The Houthi air force has a single fighter jet — an ancient F-5. The US is very much not afraid of it.

• The Houthi forces in Yemen have just one jet, an old F-5.
• The US has launched airstrikes on the Houthis — which an F-5 probably can't do much about.
• Though poorly equipped, the Houthis have caused chaos by attacking cargo ships in the Red Sea. 

The Houthi rebels in Yemen have one of the world's strangest fighter jet fleets — a single, aged F-5 fighter jet.

It is unlikely to be much good helping it against the US-led coalition, which carried out air raids last week.

A US official summed up the likely threat the jet poses, calling it "not combat effective."

The claim was made by a US official to Chris Gordon, who covers the Pentagon for Air & Space Forces Magazine.