See the hectic flight deck operations aboard a US Navy aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, where warplane pilots and crews are 'on alerts all the time'

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A fighter jet prepares for takeoff on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
A fighter jet prepares for takeoff on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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'Hostile elements' tried to take over communications with a flight from Thailand to Israel, trying to divert it, airline says

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El Al Israel Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
El Al Israel Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

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The Houthis have deployed underwater drones in the Red Sea, Defense Department says

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A photo of two aircraft carriers sailing next to each other.
The USS Gerald R. Ford (foreground) and Dwight D. Eisenhower (background).

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US warships are shooting down weapons no one's ever faced in combat before, and a Navy commander says it's a 'great opportunity'

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A missile launches from a US Navy destroyer in the Red Sea earlier this month.
A missile launches from a US Navy destroyer in the Red Sea earlier this month.

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US sailors on a frontline destroyer in the Red Sea sometimes have just seconds to open fire on enemy missiles

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The USS Gravely's CIWS.
The USS Gravely's CIWS.

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Inside a deployed US Navy carrier strike group's tactical shift to kill Houthi missiles and drones before they ever take flight

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Sailors perform work to a fighter jet on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Sailors perform work to a fighter jet on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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US Navy aircraft carrier going head-to-head with the Houthis has its planes in the air 'constantly,' strike group commander says

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A fighter jet takes off from the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
A fighter jet takes off from the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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The US risks joining a long list of powers that tried and failed to stop the Houthis

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U.S. Central Command forces, alongside UK Armed Forces and with the support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand launched strikes against 36 Houthi targets in Yemen, on February 4, 2024.
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US Navy warships are getting their first combat experience against the kind of threats China is banking on in the Pacific

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea, Oct. 19.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea on Oct. 19.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau

Houthi rebels took aim at a US aircraft, but the military blew their missiles up before they got a shot off

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a fighter aircraft takes off on the flight deck of a military carrier
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

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