US rescues Saudi airmen from water south of
Washington: A Defense Department official said that the U.S. forces have rescued two Saudi airmen who were ejected from an F-15 fighter jet over waters at south of Yemen.
Saudi Arabian air-forces are now conducting air-strikes against Iran-allied Houthi rebels.
The official said that a U.S. helicopter was flown to neighboring Djibouti in the Gulf of Aden and rescued the airmen.
Initial reports said that the rescued airmen were "ambulatory."
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