Red Sea / Houthi rebels situation

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

AFCENT Commander Statement on Strikes against Houthi positions in Yemen

At the direction of U.S. Central Command, U.S. Air Forces Central, CENTCOM’s Joint & Combined Air Component Command, executed deliberate strikes on over 60 targets at 16 Iranian-backed Houthi militant

www.afcent.af.mil

It was USAF Central Command that launched the attacks, not the Carrier Strike group in the area. F-22s would be the logical choice for this type of mission, and it was USAF that conducted the attacks who operate them.

Did you even read that?

"and maritime strike and support assets from across the region, including U.S. Naval Forces Central Command aircraft" that sounds a hell of a lot like a carrier based wing to me

 

[Residem]

Marching for peace != peaceful marching.

Have you actually witnessed a protest in person, or is that just what you've read online?

Israel is allowed to murder children but you're upset about a small minority protesting a bit too passionately.

Another person for the ignore list. No idea why you lot continue to engage with people like this and Roar.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Did they really send F22s? Genuine question since I thought they were not aircraft carrier compatible and they have very very few based outside the US typically

Doubt it. From what I read it was Tomahawks from USA and Typhoons from UK.

 

[Roar87]

Did you even read that?

"and maritime strike and support assets from across the region, including U.S. Naval Forces Central Command aircraft" that sounds a hell of a lot like a carrier based wing to me

Tomahawks from submarines. They already had F-22s in the Middle East since the Summer, they're obviously just very secretive about where they're based and wouldn't confirm using them. I think likely they would've escorted the Typhoons without external weapons and fuel tanks.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Ha ha. Houthi's really making the US and UK pay...... by firing a missile at a Russian oil ship (and missing),

Houthis harming UK shopping, says Sunak after Yemen strikes – latest

Prime minister says Britain has sent strong signal Iran-backed group cannot attack Red Sea cargo ships with impunity

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Penfold101]

If you’re American and you want to bomb something, you send a bomber. Preferably one that can’t be picked up on radar.

You don’t send a fighter (the F in F-22) with a very limited air-to-ground capability.

B-2 Spirit FTW.

 

[Phreaky]

It was F/A-18s from the Eisenhower and TLAM from USS Florida. No F-22's for miles and it would have been an utter waste of time to use them, they barely have AD or an airforce.

 

[woppy101]

AFCENT Commander Statement on Strikes against Houthi positions in Yemen

At the direction of U.S. Central Command, U.S. Air Forces Central, CENTCOM’s Joint & Combined Air Component Command, executed deliberate strikes on over 60 targets at 16 Iranian-backed Houthi militant

www.afcent.af.mil

It was USAF Central Command that launched the attacks, not the Carrier Strike group in the area. F-22s would be the logical choice for this type of mission, and it was USAF that conducted the attacks who operate them.

The F22 is an air dominance/superiority fighter and would never be used for a bombing mission. Once again showing that you know next to **** all

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

So looking at the carriers over there they are F35 and F18 capable
Almost certainly that combo would do bombing in that area

 

[Hawk Tuah]

If you’re American and you want to bomb something, you send a bomber. Preferably one that can’t be picked up on radar.

You don’t send a fighter (the F in F-22) with a very limited air-to-ground capability.

B-2 Spirit FTW.

Nope. You launch tomahawks from a submarine up to 1500 miles away, using space based surveilance and guidance systems.

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

Tomahawks from submarines. They already had F-22s in the Middle East since the Summer, they're obviously just very secretive about where they're based and wouldn't confirm using them. I think likely they would've escorted the Typhoons without external weapons and fuel tanks.

Christ I even trimmed off the mention of the missiles to avoid that confusion

These strikes were comprised of coalition air and maritime strike and support assets from across the region, including U.S. Naval Forces Central Command aircraft and Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles launched from surface and sub-surface platforms.

 

[Roar87]

The F22 is an air dominance/superiority fighter and would never be used for a bombing mission. Once again showing that you know next to **** all

You think the Typhoons went unescorted?

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

You think the Typhoons went unescorted?

Again, the typhoon is a multirole fighter.
They were not up against a near peer airforce that would require a specialised air superiority fighter to escort them.

 

[Phreaky]

You think the Typhoons went unescorted?

Why the **** would they be escorted? They had overflight from Egypt and are more than capable of defending themselves.

 

[woppy101]

You think the Typhoons went unescorted?

See above, once again next to **** all

 

[Hawk Tuah]

We'll have to wait for the documentry on BBC 2 in 10 years before we really know.

 

[Penfold101]

You think the Typhoons went unescorted?

Each Typhoon was escorted by the other 3…

 

[Minusorange]

If you’re American and you want to bomb something, you send a bomber. Preferably one that can’t be picked up on radar.

You don’t send a fighter (the F in F-22) with a very limited air-to-ground capability.

B-2 Spirit FTW.

It surely depends on the payload, was it mentioned what weaponry was used ?

 

[Grim5]

It was F/A-18s from the Eisenhower and TLAM from USS Florida. No F-22's for miles and it would have been an utter waste of time to use them, they barely have AD or an airforce.

That's what the videos would suggest says, CENTCOM released videos of them launching F-18's from from a carrier

 

[Penfold101]

It surely depends on the payload, was it mentioned what weaponry was used ?

Couldn’t find anything concrete - it’s just infinitely more likely than an F-22 and a lot cheaper than a ****-ton of Tomahawks…