 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yemeni Air Force yakashandiswa zvakanyanya kurwisa kupandukira kweHouthi muYemen. Yemeni Air Force yakaratidza kubudirira mukuparadza nzvimbo dzevavengi nezvivakwa. Vavengi vakawanda vakaurayiwa nokurwiswa nendege. Tsaona dzinoverengeka dzakaitika, kubatanidza imwe umo ndege yehondo yakabhomba chombo netsaona ndokuuraya vanhuwo zvavo vanopfuura 80. Munguva Operation Scorched Earth musi 2 uye 5 October uye 8 November 2009, vatatu Ndege yehondo yakashuma somunhu Mig-21 uye vaviri Su-22 azvaitwa yakadonha panguva mabasa ehondo. Hurumende yakataura kuti tsaona dzacho dzakanga dzakonzerwa nokukundikana kwezvokugadzira zvinhu, nepo vapanduki vaiti vakanga vadziwisira pasi nemaMANPADS. Muna 2006, F-5Es, MIG 21s uye Su-22s vakaramba vachirwisa mabhomba eHouthi munzvimbo dzese dzeSaada. 