Posted on Jul 13, 2024
Navy fighter pilots, sailors return home after months countering intense Houthi attacks
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen U.S. Navy fighter pilots came home to Virginia feeling relieved Friday after months of shooting down Houthi-launched missiles and drones off Yemen's coast, in the most intense running sea battle the Navy has faced since World War II.
F/A-18 Super Hornets swooped over waiting families in a low formation before landing at their base in Virginia Beach. Dressed in green flight suits, the aviators embraced women in summer dresses and kids carrying American flags. Some handed red roses to their wives and daughters.
F/A-18 Super Hornets swooped over waiting families in a low formation before landing at their base in Virginia Beach. Dressed in green flight suits, the aviators embraced women in summer dresses and kids carrying American flags. Some handed red roses to their wives and daughters.
Navy fighter pilots, sailors return home after months countering intense Houthi attacks
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I remember those homecomings, and I'm sure you do as well. I've mixed emotions on the media making a big deal of this. You know those pilots loved every minute of actually doing something vs the normal training sorties they would have done on a deployment. That said, welcome home and well done!
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