A US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft is flying over the Persian Gulf, according to tracking sources.
A US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft is currently flying over the Persian Gulf, per tracking sources. The flight extends a weeks-long pattern of enhanced US aerial presence in the region, including regular refueling tanker and surveillance aircraft operations, as The Zioneer has previously reported. The specific mission of this sortie is not detailed. The flight follows hours after a US C-130H Hercules transport was tracked heading east from Saudi Arabia over the Arabian Sea, also in the early hours of Sunday.
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