An Iranian oil tanker is sitting dead in the water today after a U.S. Navy fighter jet opened fire on its steering gear to stop it from breaking a standing blockade. The incident unfolded Wednesday ...

A US fighter jet fired at a tanker in the Gulf of Oman to prevent it from violating the American blockade of Iran, sparking a fire and forcing the vessel’s Indian crew to evacuate. The MT Marivex was ...

U.S. forces disabled an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday after CENTCOM said the vessel attempted to violate Washington’s blockade on ships entering or departing Iranian ...

The U.S. Central Command on Monday said that an F/A Super Hornet from the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln used a precision munition to stop an oil tanker that was attempting to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Hellfire missile fired from a U.S. fighter jet disabled an oil tanker heading for the Iranian port of Kharg Island after the ...

An F/A-18 Super Hornet prepares to launch from the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 5. (Image from Navy video) The 300-foot-long tanker was in the Gulf of Oman, heading to an Iranian port, and ignored ...

US forces “disabled” an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Monday after it tried to run the Navy blockade against Iranian ports, military officials said. An F/A-18 Super Hornet jet fired at the ...

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A Hellfire missile fired from a U.S. fighter jet disabled an oil tanker heading for the Iranian port of Kharg Island after the vessel “ignored repeated warnings” and did not comply with directions ...