A US fighter plane avoids a Houthi strike and goes overboard.

When the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier turned Monday to evade Houthi fire, a Navy fighter plane went overboard, according to two defense officials.

The $60 million plane was being used by the military as part of a weeks-long assault against Yemeni Houthi fighters, who have been attacking military and commercial ships in the waterway for the previous two years.

The sailor was injured in a misfortune, including the loss of a vehicle, when the aircraft was dragged over the deck. According to officers, the aircraft and trucks were sunk, and anonymity was given to talk about the attack.

The loss of the aircraft will increase the increase in efforts against Houthis, including seven MQ-9 drones that have been shot down by Iran-backed groups in the past few weeks. Houthis began attacking ships in the Red Sea in October 2023, launching more than dozens of surveillance drones when it began supporting them along with Hamas and Israel in the war. They each cost over USD 20 million.

"The F/A-18E was actively under the tow of the hangar bay when the mobile personnel lost control of the plane," the Marines said in a statement. The crew who dragged the plane took steps to promote themselves from the plane before the plane fell overboard. An investigation is underway."

The US Central Commander carried out more than 800 airstrikes against the group as part of Operation Roughrider. This is the largest American air campaign since his operation against ISIS during President Donald Trump's first term in office against a Syrian and Iraqi terrorist group.

Recent strikes have killed "hundreds of Hooty fighters and numerous Hooty leaders, including senior Hooty rockets and [drone] civil servants."

The company has dismantled the Houthi features, including a reduction in ballistic rockets, which starts at 69% this year compared to 2023 . The initiation of disposable attack drones has decreased by 55%.

The Open US campaign is part of a wider advancement to increase pressure on Iran, continuing to support Houthis in the form of drones, ballistic rockets, and small weapons. This year, Career was involved in another incident, colliding with a dealership ship near the Suez Canal, which shot and killed his commander.

Truman and his escort ships - a mixture of destroyers and cruisers - should have been back home last month. Defense Minister Pete Hegses extended her commitment while ordering other airlines to USS Carl Vinson to the region and ordering the region to intensify attacks on the Hoosis.

The Pentagon has also sent at least six B-2 bombers to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean over the past few weeks. The Truman Career Strike Group was used in the Middle East and was in the Red Sea at the time of the incident. Marines on Monday emphasized that the strike group and its air wings "will remain on a full mission."

Truman was repeatedly targeted when the Houthis attacked. I made a headline in February when I collided with a merchant ship near Egypt. No injuries have been reported. Another F/A-18 from Truman was "incorrectly shot down by Kreuzer USS Gettysburg in the Red Sea" in December. Both pilots were thrown safely.

Other US Navy ships in the area are also exposed to Houthi fires. In early 2024. US destroyers in the Red Sea had to use the Phalanx Weapon System, the last line of defense against rocket attacks.

Houthi began in October 2023 after the US Navy emerged to prevent rebel groups from seizing commercial ships into Israel.

The Trump administration has increased bombings on Houthi targets in Yemen in recent weeks, which has prompted the rebel group to threaten US warships in retaliation.

After US airstrikes killed dozens of people at an oil port in western Yemen earlier this month, the Houthi-controlled armed forces in Yemen issued a statement saying, "Yemen will not back down from continuing its support operations for the Palestinian people until the Israeli aggression on Gaza stops and the siege is lifted."

The extremist organisation claimed that more targeting, engagement, and confrontation would result from the US' "aggression" against Yemen. The Houthis claimed on Monday that dozens of individuals were killed after a US airstrike struck a prison housing African migrants. The US military refrained from commenting right away.