Attacks on critical infrastructure — food and water delivery, health care services, defense contracting and more — could hamper U.S. military response. Compared to the months prior, the Navy reportedly engaged far fewer Houthi drones and missiles in April. To some observers of the Marine Corps’ modernization plans, aspects of the Houthis' operations in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden sound familiar. The window to apply to become an Air Force warrant officer in cyber or IT runs through May 31, the service said Thursday. The incident marks the end of a week-long pause of reported Houthi attacks. The move is a nod to the near-daily battles that Navy destroyers have fought with Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen since October. The Air Force’s fleet is already less than one-fifth of its size at its 1956 peak, when it had 26,104 aircraft. American and Filipino forces launched their largest combat exercises in years Monday in a show of allied firepower that has alarmed Beijing. Multiple Navy warships, Air Force fighter jets and a missile defense battery helped take out Iran's attack on Israel. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined for drills in the disputed East China Sea. Load More