New Carrier Strike Group Joins Operations Against Yemen’s Houthis

The Carl Vinson strike group is the fifth U.S. carrier force to join in attacks on Houthi areas of Yemen since January 2024.

An EA-18G Growler, attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 136, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility on April 12, 2025. U.S. Navy

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and its escort of warships have reached the Arabian Sea, amid a campaign of U.S. strikes on Yemen, and threats of a confrontation with Iran.

Earlier this month, Pentagon press secretary Sean Parnell announced the Vinson Carrier Strike Group had departed from the Indo-Pacific region, to assist in the U.S. Central Command area of operations across the Middle East.