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Pentagon sends destroyer, fighter jets to Middle East to beef up security amid Iranian ‘threat’

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DOUG G. WARE

STARS AND STRIPES • July 17, 2023

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USS Thomas Hudner, an Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer, during a live-fire exercise in the Atlantic Ocean on March 30, 2023. (Tyler Thompson/U.S. Navy)

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending a warship and fighter jets, including F-35s and F-16s, to the Middle East to provide extra security amid a rise of threatening actions by Iranian forces there, defense officials said Monday.

The ship and the jets are being sent to the region near the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman to “defend U.S. interests” and “safeguard freedom of navigation,” said Sabrina Singh, Pentagon spokeswoman. The USS Thomas Hudner, a new Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, is the ship being deployed.

The ship and the jets are being sent to the region near the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman to “defend U.S. interests” and “safeguard freedom of navigation,” said Sabrina Singh, Pentagon spokeswoman. The USS Thomas Hudner, a new Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, is the ship being deployed.