Officials say strikes are part of an effort to degrade Houthi assaults of Israel and commercial vessels in the Red Sea.

The more than a dozen strikes in Sana'a and other parts of Yemen are the first major ones since the Navy shot down its own F/A-18F.

Airstrikes targeting Houthis in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday, conducted by U.S. Navy ships and aircraft, hit a command hub and weapons production facility as well as a bunker housing missiles and drones.