US Air Force Tankers and Navy ISR Circle Hormuz as MOU Window Opens
✈️ HORMUZ — Tankers and ISR over the Strait signal Washington isn't standing down. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: KC-135s and KC-46s extend combat aircraft range — they don't fly without something to refuel. P-8A adds maritime surveillance. Together near Hormuz during MOU implementation: the US is maintaining strike-ready posture while diplomacy runs. Tehran reads this as leverage or provocation. Either way, IRGC hardliners have optics to argue the deal is signed under a gun.
