US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated January 28, 2011 shows the guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) arrives in Souda Bay, Greece, for a routine port visit. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones and missiles were targeting, but U.S. forces in the region have carried out a number of “self-defense strikes” and shot down other drones and rockets in recent months. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley via ABACAPRESS.COM

Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated May 11, 2018 shows Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, delivers remarks during the closing ceremony of exercise Phoenix Express 2018 in Souda Bay, Greece. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan U. Kledzik via ABACAPRESS.COM