Iran Has a New ‘War Trophy’: Wreckage of an F-15E Strike Eagle - nationalinterest.org

On 11 August 2026, the US military fired on a ship in the Gulf of Oman that tried to break its blockade of Iranian ports. US Central Command confirmed the action and said a helicopter fired missiles to disable the vessel. It also said 55 commercial ships have been redirected since the naval blockade resumed.

Other developments concerned the wider US-Iran conflict. Iran shuffled its military leadership, with the supreme leader elevating veterans willing to confront the US, and prepared for what it called a prolonged confrontation. Iran warned of hacks and global internet cuts if US strikes resume, and it has a new 'war trophy': the wreckage of an F-15E Strike Eagle. In the United States, the Pentagon moved to buy ten times more missiles as the war depleted its arsenal, and the Washington Post reported that Trump flew secretly out of Turkey because of an Iranian threat.