Centcom, the US Central Command, published photos of US Air Force F-16 fighter jets patrolling over regional waters in the Middle East and wrote: "More than 1.7 billion barrels of crude oil have been transported under the auspices of the United States by its partners in the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz."

Centcom, the US Central Command, published photos of US Air Force F-16 fighter jets patrolling over regional waters in the Middle East and wrote: "More than 1.7 billion barrels of crude oil have been transported under the auspices of the United States by its partners in the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz."