US sends F-16 fighters to Persian Gulf to fend off Iranian ship seizures
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U.S. F-16 fighter jets are being deployed to the Strait of Hormuz to augment A-10 and Navy assets in an effort to deter Iranian ship seizures in the Persian Gulf region.
The move comes a little more than week after Iran attempted to seize two oil tankers near the strait, according to the U.S. Navy, opening fire on one of the tankers and only retreating when a U.S. guided missile destroyer arrived on the scene. Michael Lee is a writer at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @UAMichaelLee
"The Iranian navy did make attempts to seize commercial tankers lawfully transiting international waters," said Cmdr. Tim Hawkins, spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, according to the Associated Press. "The U.S. Navy responded immediately and prevented those seizures."
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