At the time of the incident, the U.S. was carrying out airstrikes near Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a targeting Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

This post has been updated with additional information on the timing of the incident. Two U.S. Navy aviators are safe after their two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet was shot down by an American ship by mistake,

Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in the most serious accident yet since American troops began targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels.