CENTCOM Releases Footage of USS Carl Vinson Preparing Strikes on Houthis

New Carrier Strike Group Joins Operations Against Yemen’s Houthis

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and its escort of warships have reached the Arabian Sea, amid a campaign of U.S. strikes on Yemen, and threats of a confrontation with Iran. Earlier this month, Pentagon press secretary Sean Parnell announced the Vinson Carrier Strike Group had departed from the Indo-Pacific region, to assist in the U.S. Central Command area of operations across the Middle East. Carl Vinson quickly made its presence known by …

CENTCOM Releases Footage of USS Carl Vinson Preparing Strikes on Houthis

CENTCOM released footage of Aviation Ordnancemen aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) in the Arabian Sea, readying munitions, including GBU-38 500lb bombs, for strikes targeting the Iranian-backed Houthi group in Western Yemen.