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Navy fighter pilots, sailors return home after months countering intense Houthi attacks
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U.S. Navy fighter pilots came home to Virginia feeling relieved Friday after months of shooting down Houthi-launched missiles and drones off Yemen's coast, in the most intense running sea battle the Navy has faced since World War II.
F/A-18 Super Hornets swooped over waiting families in a low formation before landing at their base in Virginia Beach. Dressed in green flight suits, the aviators embraced women in summer dresses and kids carrying American flags. Some handed red roses to their wives and daughters.
"We're going to go sit down on the couch, and we're going to try and make up for nine months of lost time," Cmdr. Jaime Moreno said while hugging his two young daughters, ages 2 and 4, and kissing his wife, Lynn.
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