Houthis downed Saudi F-15 fighter jet over Marib, Yemen, terror group spox. claims
A model of a Saudi Royal Air Force F-15 fighter jet is seen during the Dubai Airshow on November 12, 2017, in the United Arab Emirates; illustrative. (photo credit: KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images) Yemen's Houthis claimed to have downed an F-15 fighter jet belonging to the Royal Saudi Air Force over Yemen's Marib Governorate, the terror group's military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed on Wednesday. "The fighter jet was downed using a locally manufactured surface-to-air missile (SAM)," Saree claimed. Saree did not specify when the alleged incident occured, but opened his statement claiming that RSAF jets had conducted "over 450 airstrikes" so far this week.