US Navy fighter pilots have described as “traumatizing” their encounters with Yemen’s Armed Forces launching daring strikes on Israeli-owned and -bound shipping in the Red Sea in retaliation for the occupying regime’s months-long genocide against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The fighter pilots came home in Virginia on Friday after nine months of maritime clashes with the Yemeni military and their missile and drone strikes, in what CBS News referred to as “the most intense running sea battle the Navy has faced since World War II.”

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier strike group, which includes three other warships supported by squadrons of F/A-18 Super Hornets, was tasked with protecting Israeli vessels and US-allied warships in a Red Sea corridor that leads to the Suez Canal and into the Mediterranean

69 points

Someone actually shoots back and these clowns start crying like little babies lmao

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44 points

We’re also supposed to believe they can easily crush Russia and China if they wanted.

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18 points

All I can say to that is “good luck” lol

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38 points

They forgot they weren’t fighting poor civilians or guerilla fighters, but an experienced fighting force with a little bit of firepower on their end too.

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62 points

“Bully returns home, tells mom it was traumatizing when victim fought back.”

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Last time US fighter pilots had to deal with people firing anti aircraft missiles at them in volume was during the opening days of the first gulf war.

Anyone remember the flight recorder video from an F16 over Baghdad being chased by six surface to air missiles? During the chase sustained an average of 3.6G with peak acceleration at points reaching 6.4G. Does seem like the stuff of nightmares.

https://youtu.be/2uh4yMAx2UA

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my god that was intense. which is weird since I was hoping for a different ending.

I mean… if you’re going to stick your dick in a hornets nest… maybe you deserve some nightmares and trauma.

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16 points

Anyone that played a modern combat flight sim knows it’s basically a horror game.

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I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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Get traumatized idiots

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I guess they didn’t expect them to fight back.

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27 points

Did we ever find out if Ansarallah actually hit the carrier like they claimed?

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31 points

No, and we probably never will for sure, but it ran away and really that’s embarrassing enough.

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