The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower engaged in combat in the Middle East from November last year to June.

The United States Air Force deployed B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to conduct airstrikes against Houthi rebel positions in Yemen on Wednesday night. -The bombers targeted and destroyed five hardened underground weapons storage facilities in Houthi-controlled areas,

Iran, the Houthis’ main benefactor, has targeted Israel with ballistic missile attacks twice over the past year. The B-2 would be used in any American attack on hardened Iranian nuclear facilities like Natanz or Fordo, given it is the only aircraft in service that can drop the GBU-57, known as the “Massive Ordnance Penetrator”.

The US carried out a round of strikes in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthis on Wednesday evening, according to three US defense officials, targeting weapons storage facilities, including underground facilities.

U.S. long-range B-2 stealth bombers launched airstrikes early Thursday morning targeting underground bunkers used by Yemen's Houthi rebels, officials said.

U.S. B-2 bombers and other aircraft struck five underground Houthi weapons storage locations in parts of Yemen that the Iranian-backed rebel group controls, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday.

The U.S. military struck five bunkers housing weapons for the Houthis in Yemen on Wednesday, the largest strike on the militia group in months. The Air Force used B-2 stealth bombers to hit the targets,

The US Armed Forces, which include B2 bombers in their arsenal, have conducted precise strikes on underground weapons depots in Yemen. The Pentagon reported that these facilities were situated in areas under the control of Houthi rebels.