US fighter jet shoots down Iranian drone approaching US aircraft carrier

US fighter jet shoots down Iranian drone approaching US aircraft carrier 2

1:01The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 25, 2025.Petty Officer 2nd Class Christia/US Navy, FILES

A U.S. fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone as it approached the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the North Arabian Sea on Tuesday, according to a statement from U.S. Central Command. Earlier in the day, a Navy destroyer came to the assistance of a U.S.-flagged tanker that was harassed by multiple Iranian small boats as it transited the Strait of Hormuz.

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