CENTCOM: Multinational Task Force Completes Exercise in P-8 Flight over Arabian Gulf
As part of a pre-announced Department of Defense deployment, a squadron of U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning IIs has also arrived in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility.
Central Command: Manama, Bahrain – A multinational naval coalition that monitors and patrols key waterways in the Middle East completed a naval exercise over the Arabian Gulf, on July 26, with representatives from Bahrain, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The 11-nation coalition, International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC), conducted exercise Sentinel Shield aboard a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft that patrolled waters near the Strait of Hormuz.
