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USAF Stratotanker Squawks 7700 Emergency Near Doha
USAF Stratotanker Squawks 7700 Emergency Near Doha
The fight for control of the Strait of Hormuz flared up Monday and into the overnight hours, with IRGC forces reportedly striking multiple commercial vessels and a UAE oil refinery.
The one positive development: with U.S. forces on heightened alert, two U.S.-flagged merchant ships successfully transited the maritime chokepoint as Project Freedom began, marking the first visible move by the U.S. Navy to unfreeze the world's most critical energy corridor.
U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, said its aerial assets in the Hormuz area...
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