The Houthis Proved the F-35 Fighter Can Be Shot Down

The Houthis Proved the F-35 Fighter Can Be Shot Down

Key Points – A US F-35 stealth fighter reportedly took evasive action from a Houthi surface-to-air missile during the recent “Operation Rough Rider” in Yemen (March-May 2025), an incident that raises questions about its survivability even against non-peer adversaries. -This event occurred within a costly US campaign ($1 billion in munitions, lost F-18s and Reaper […] The post The Houthis Proved the F-35 Fighter Can Be Shot Down appeared first on…

Houthis nearly down 'invisible' F-35 - Daily Telegraph NZ

image – Creative Commons 1.0. Having shot down around a dozen MQ-9 Reaper drones, Yemeni fighters also forced pilots of the “most advanced” and “stealth” US jet to break a sweat dodging their missiles. An F-35 fighter jet was “nearly struck by Houthi air defenses” earlier this spring, reported The New York Times on May 12, citing US officials. The War Zone elaborated: the stealth jet “had to take evasive maneuvers to avoid being hit by Houthi su…