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April 29 2025

The Houthis Just Turned a U.S. Super Hornet Fighter Jet into a Submarine

On the menu today: One week ago, this newsletter gathered what publicly available information it could — often from foreign news media — to give a sense of how the U.S. effort against the Houthis in Yemen is going. The conflict is back in the news again, but for the second-worst possible reason (casualties would be the first).

Houthis: 1, Super Hornet: 0

Every week, National Review publishes “Defending America,” a series of photos taken by the photographers serving in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. On March 2, we featured photos from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, with several shots showcasing the carrier’s F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets lined up, wings folded, right along the edge of the ...

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