Too Few F-16s and Warships: NATO Military Send Dozens More Jets to Fight Iran

Too Few F-16s and Warships: NATO Military Send Dozens More Jets to Fight Iran After sending warships and preparing to deploy F-16 fighter jets to the Gulf region, the United States is now also preparing to deploy F-35 stealth fighter jets. All of this is to face Iran, which is aggressively trying to seize oil tankers. In response to the recent worrying events in the Strait of Hormuz, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of the USS Thomas Hudner destroyer, F-35 fighters and F-16 fighters to US Central Command’s area of responsibility for defending US interests and protecting freedom of navigation in the region, The US military already has F-16s and A-10 Warthogs in the area the latter of which have been patrolling there for more than a week after Iranian Navy forces on July 5 attempted to seize two oil tankers in or near the Gulf of Oman, shelling one of them.