전투기 이란 드론 요격에 F/A-18E/F는 참여하지 않음

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오늘 미국 국방부 기자 회견에서 항모 아이젠하워의 F/A-18E/F는 이란 드론 요격에 쓰이지 않았고 지상에 배치된 미국공군 전투기들만 쓰였다고 확인되었습니다.

F/A-18E/F는 후티의 미사일을 폭격해서 파괴하는 일을 한 것 같습니다.

https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3743770/pentagon-press-secretary-air-force-maj-gen-pat-ryder-holds-a-press-briefing/

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press Briefing

GEN. RYDER:  I don't have any updates to provide, Heather.  As it relates to the Houthis, clearly, you know, we continue to have forces there that work together as part of Prosperity Guardian to deter, disrupt, and degrade Houthi capability, but, you know, I'd refer you to CENTCOM.  They may have more.

And Heather, while I have you on the phone here too, and the — and the group, I just want to clarify a question you asked yesterday.  You asked about whether or not airbase — or, excuse me, land-based, sea-based fighter aircraft — I don't think you said "fighter," I think you just said "aircraft" participated in the taking down of — or in the action yesterday.  

What I thought you were asking was, were sea-based aircraft part of the capabilities we had that were supporting this overall effort.  That is true.  But just to clarify, the fighter aircraft that were participating in the operation to take down drones were land-based aircraft, not sea-based aircraft.  So just to clarify that.

https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3742072/pentagon-press-secretary-air-force-maj-gen-pat-ryder-holds-a-press-briefing/

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press Briefing

First of all, as you saw over the weekend, at the direction of the president and in support of Israel's defense, U.S. forces in the Middle East intercepted dozens of missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles after Iran and its proxies launched more than 300 air threats on the evening of April 13 and the morning of April 14 from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen, in route to Israel, to include over 110 medium-range ballistic missiles, over 30 land attack cruise missiles and over 150 UAVs. 

U.S. Central Command highlighted in their press release that CENTCOM forces supported by the U.S. Navy destroyers, USS Arleigh Burke and USS Carney, currently assigned to the European Command AOR, successfully engaged and destroyed more than 80 one-way attack UAVs and at least six ballistic missiles intended to strike Israel from Iran and Yemen. 

This included a ballistic missile on its launcher vehicle and seven UAVs destroyed on the ground in Iranian-backed Houthi controlled areas of Yemen prior to their launch.