{"id":82589,"date":"2024-07-25T16:32:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T16:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/07\/25\/here-are-the-munitions-navy-jets-used-for-first-time-against-houthis\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:52:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:52:01","slug":"here-are-the-munitions-navy-jets-used-for-first-time-against-houthis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/07\/25\/here-are-the-munitions-navy-jets-used-for-first-time-against-houthis\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the munitions Navy jets used for first time against Houthis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Navy fighter jets from Carrier Air Wing 3, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/a>, employed several weapons in combat for the first time during their recently completed deployment to the Middle East, where they battled Houthi attacks and struck targets held by the Iran-backed group in Yemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navy F\/A-18 Super Hornets from Strike Fighter Squadron 105 became the first squadron in the Navy to shoot off the AIM-9X infrared-seeking missile in combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The milestone came as the squadron, known as the \u201cGunslingers,\u201d took out Houthi one-way-attack air drones targeting civilian merchant ships, according to the Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The squadron also led the first strikes against Houthi facilities in Yemen in January. These missions allowed the squadron to launch an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile, or AARGM, for the first time from an F\/A-18E Super Hornet. The air-to-ground missile is used to suppress or destroy enemy air defenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\t