F/A-18s and an E-2D Hawkeye surveillance plane took off from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Gulf of Oman and headed to an undisclosed base.
A US official said on August 6 that about a dozen F/A-18 fighter jets from the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier flew to a military base in the Middle East a day earlier.
The move is part of a Pentagon effort to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies as well as protect US troops.
The F/A-18s and an E-2D Hawkeye surveillance plane took off from the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Oman and headed to an undisclosed base, the official said.
Earlier, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered an increase in the US military presence in the region due to concerns about escalating violence in the Middle East following the killings of a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and a top Hamas political leader in Iran last week.
The stationing time of these aircraft will depend on the situation in the coming days.
TH (Synthesis)