On the evening of September 16, local time, Masirah TV, controlled by the Houthis in Yemen, posted a video that allegedly showed the Houthis shooting down a Saudi F-15 fighter that day. The Houthis said earlier in the day that they used a homemade surface-to-air missile to shoot down a Saudi F-15 fighter that was carrying out “hostile operations” in Malib province in northeastern Yemen. Allegedly, two batches of Saudi F-15 and “Typhoon” fighter jets then entered Malib airspace to search for the wreckage of the downed fighter. The Houthis once again fired anti-aircraft missiles, forcing these fighter jets to withdraw.

On the evening of September 16, local time, Masirah TV, controlled by the Houthis in Yemen, posted a video that allegedly showed the Houthis shooting down a Saudi F-15 fighter that day. The Houthis said earlier in the day that they used a homemade surface-to-air missile to shoot down a Saudi F-15 fighter that was carrying out “hostile operations” in Malib province in northeastern Yemen. Allegedly, two batches of Saudi F-15 and “Typhoon” fighter jets then entered Malib airspace to search for the wreckage of the downed fighter. The Houthis once again fired anti-aircraft missiles, forcing these fighter jets to withdraw.