U.S. Deploying F-35s To Watch Over Middle East Waterways

Brian Everstine July 17, 2023

 A U.S. Air Force F-35 flies above the Persian Gulf in December 2019.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The Pentagon is sending F-35s to the Middle East to help patrol waterways in the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman, joining A-10s and F-16s already deployed amid what the Defense Department alleges is more destabilizing activity by Iran. The Pentagon’s announcement did not provide a timeline for the...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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