article_snippet: A Defense Department official says U.S. forces rescued two Saudi airmen after two Saudi airmen ejected from an F-15 fighter jet over waters south of Yemen, where Saudi Arabia is leading airstrikes against Iran-allied Houthi rebels.
article_snippet: A Defense Department official says a U.S. helicopter flew Thursday from neighboring Djibouti to the Gulf of Aden and rescued two Saudi airmen.
article_snippet: Initial reports said two Saudi airmen were 'ambulatory.'
article_snippet: The destroyer USS Sterett took lead of the situation after Saudi Arabia requested U.S. assistance Thursday afternoon, coordinating assets from the U.S. naval base in Djibouti and the amphibious transport dock USS New York.