🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Four KC-46A Pegasus refueling aircraft are supporting six EA-18G Growler electronic warfare fighter jets as they fly to Spain, with a further deployment towards CENTCOM likely.

🇮🇷 — Both the Iranian Navy and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy will soon conduct naval exercises.

The IRGC Navy will be conducting live-fire naval exercises in the eastern Strait of Hormuz, including areas where international shipping operates. Disruption is expected, and this exercise is likely to show Iran's capabilities in disrupting shipping should the United States attack.

The Iranian Navy, in coordination with the Russian Navy and the People's Liberation Army Navy, will be conducting naval exercises in the Sea of Oman. Notably, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier was spotted there a few days ago, according to public flight tracking data showing US Navy aircraft takeoffs in the area.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — The USS Delbert D. Black guided missile destroyer has arrived in the Middle East and will soon dock in Eliat, Israel.

🇮🇷 — Map of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp's live-fire naval exercises; international shipping is warned to avoid the area on Sunday and Monday.

🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 The U.S. has deployed 8 destroyers and an aircraft carrier near the Middle East, with a total of 756 VLS cells available for strike and air defense missiles

The buildup comes as the US begins to surge additional fighters and air defense assets amid escalating tensions with Iran.

🔗 OSINT Technical