WATCH: F-18s disable Iranian tankers trying to run Strait of Hormuz blockade

Published May 8, 2026 12:58pm ET



U.S. Central Command published footage of F/A-18 Hornets striking and disabling Iranian tankers trying to run the U.S. blockade of the country.

CENTCOM struck three vessels in two strikes while they were trying to enter an Iranian port in the Gulf of Oman, each time with an F/A-18 Hornet — one from the USS George H.W. Bush and one from the USS Abraham Lincoln. The first strike on Wednesday targeted the oil tanker M/T Hasna, disabling it by hitting the “tanker’s rudder by firing several rounds from a 20mm cannon gun.”

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