A missile cruiser reportedly targeted two of its own F/A-18 jets during an operation against Yemen’s Houthis A second US Navy jet narrowly escaped a friendly missile during this weekend’s airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen, Fox News has reported citing a military source. On Saturday, the missile cruiser USS Gettysburg mistakenly struck a plane from the carrier Harry S. Truman, according to the US Central Command. The pilot and the navigator of the F/A-18 Super Hornet were able to eject and