An U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron lands in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility July 25, 2023. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Sommers
A dozen F-35 stealth fighter jets from the United States Air Force arrived in the Middle East to beef up the U.S. Central Command’s airpower in the region and deter Iran from seizing oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, Air Forces Central (AFCENT) announced on July 26.
In a statement, AFCENT spokesman Colonel Mike Andrews said that the F-35s will help defend U.S. interests, promote regional security and safeguard freedom of navigation in the region.
The F-35’s will partner with A-10 attack aircraft and F-16 fighter jets already in theater helping monitor the Strait of Hormuz, the spokesman added.
“The F-35’s increased capacity and capability will allow the U.S. to fly in contested airspace across the theater if required,” Col. Andrews said. “This deployment demonstrates the U.S.’s commitment to ensure peace and security in the region, through maritime support and support to the coalition’s enduring mission to defeat ISIS in Syria.”
The spokesman noted that the length of the deployment or its location will be disclosed due to operational security and the request of the host nation.
The F-35 deployment was first announced last week by the Pentagon as part of a package of forces heading to the region, including a destroyer and the USS Bataan amphibious assault ship with U.S. Marines after Iran attempted to seize two oil tankers near its waters earlier this month.
The deployment also comes amid high tensions with Russian forces in Syria. Earlier this week, the Pentagon said that a combat drone operating over the war-torn country was damaged as a result of harassment by a Russian fighter jet. The alleged incident was the most recent in a series of accusations made by the U.S. in recent weeks.
The U.S. military buildup in the Middle East could eventually lead to a dangerous escalation, especially in the Strait of Hormuz and Syria.
iran should take care of it.
will the us, ‘ f35 ‘s be the version that has ‘submarine’ capabilities as well as its bird scarer capabilities?
un-professional locusts will bring down the f-35 twitty birds
the international bully is going to demonstrate that pax americana, like the fake peace of rome enforced under threat of death, means you will do as you are told like a slave, or else they will kill you. all these military machines contribute more to all global emissions than all the people and animals put together.
irán musí prijať protiopatrenie, bez toho to nejde!!! aj pre takéto neustále provokácie by mali rf, čína, irán, bielorusko, venezuela, nikaragua, kuba, kľdr a tiež zopár bývalých republík cccp prijať spoločný obranný pakt!!!
i wouldn’t be surprised if russia signed a military strategic cooperation to supply each others with certain types of weapons in time of needs.
those won’t last long with all the irainians missile systems. who do the usa think they’re kidding anyway. sure weren’t on the shortlist of weapons to ukraine and infact sure seems they would like an off ramp for their f16s.
oh i want to see these destroyed soon fast, all at once and i want to see the reaction.
good target practise for iranian air defences. kill the yankee and zionist spy satelites first. when it starts, we will see 20 000 carbonised yankees in the first 24 h !!!! the world terrorist us is loosing ukrain, mid east and afrika. kill the blood dollar !!!
russia can replenish eternity,no matter what usa of todays are simply wayee too lazy unless drurged up, hence complete failure destined for the new nazo woke multi gender,me thinks bring it on cia loser gimp!
oooooh… f-35s… 2 decades to produce… more deficiencies than airframe hours per aircraft and mic is just itching to try out their toy to see how effective it is so they can buy or sell more.
eventually the vast majority of the free world will replace all the sodom weakish leaders with wiser men, as for the f35 it simply looks like a slothfull pudgy lazi fk,cant find its way out of any situation (period) =z=
he,he,just wait n see how easy iranian defense gives those impotent shitfights a nice butter up before the reefing of their entire lives,so its too obvious usa stocks down and out,seeya covid,greeny faggotz.