The air defenses of the Yemeni joint forces ,Thursday, shot down an Apache plane and killed its crew in border province of Jizan, a military official told YemenExtra.
The apache was shot down in Jahfan area, while the army also dropped a ch4-type reconnaissance plane in front of Aleb border crossing.
Saudi Arabia has been incessantly pounding Yemen since March 2015 in an attempt to crush the popular Houthi Ansarullah movement and reinstate former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a staunch ally of the Riyadh regime. The Arab kingdom has also imposed a blockade on its impoverished neighbor, causing a dire humanitarian situation.
