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Field footage · Red Sea / U.S. Central Command AOR

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U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet over the Red Sea, March 23, 2025

A gray U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet banks in clear sky with under-wing stores, photographed from another aircraft.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gerald R. Willis · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gerald R. Willis, distributed via DVIDS/Commons as image 8986809. The caption says a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143 flies in the U.S. Central Command area of operations on March 23, 2025, as part of a large-scale operation against Iran-backed Houthis to restore freedom of navigation in the Red Sea. Archive item tied to October 2026 Gulf shipping and Red Sea security coverage, including the Al Jubayl tanker attacks dispatch.

What
U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet over the Red Sea, March 23, 2025
Where
Red Sea / U.S. Central Command AOR
When
2025-03-23
Source
U.S. Air Force
Credit
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gerald R. Willis
License
Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
Details
Official release · U.S. Air Force / U.S. Central Command (DVIDS) · Red Sea / U.S. Central Command AOR

Aircraftmiddle-eastarchivefa-18super-hornetred-seahouthiscentcomvfa-143

Sources and credit

  1. U.S. Air Force
  2. Field footage: the full record

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