US F-35 Jet Downs Iranian Drone Near Aircraft Carrier Lincoln in Arabian Sea

• A US F-35 fighter jet shot down an Iranian Shahed-139 drone approaching the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea.
• The incident occurred amidst heightened US-Iran tensions, following an oil tanker being hailed by Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
• The US-flagged Stena Imperative, part of a US military fuel program, was hailed but continued its route through the Strait of Hormuz.
• Iranian media claimed their naval forces warned a vessel to leave Iranian waters for lacking legal documents, which then departed.
• The Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for global oil trade, has seen past incidents of Iran harassing and seizing ships.

Why It Matters: A US F-35 jet intercepted an Iranian drone near the USS Abraham Lincoln amid rising US-Iran tensions.