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BREAKING A US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft is conducting surveillance and reconnaissance missions off the coast of Iran over the Persian Gulf Afghanistan officially exports 20 kilograms of gold to Uzbekistan for the first time! Why would they even do that? Something is happening in the Middle East - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has cancelled its flights to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates - Air France has cancelled two flights to Dubai - British Airways has cancelled its evening flight to Dubai. U.S. forces that have arrived in the Middle East region: • Naval assets equipped with Tomahawk missiles: USS Mitscher USS McFaul USS Oscar Austin USS Roosevelt USS Bulkeley USS Paul Ignatius USS South Dakota USS Georgia • Tomahawk missile data: 358 + the Lincoln Strike Group: 454 • Aircraft Carrier Strike Group “Abraham Lincoln”: USS Abraham Lincoln • Escort destroyers: USS Frank E. Petersen USS Spruance USS Michael Murphy • 9 squadrons of fighter aircraft embarked on the carrier • Other U.S. Navy vessels: USS Mount Whitney USS Lewis B. Puller USS Tulsa USS Canberra USS Santa Barbara USNS Carl Brashear USNS Henry J. Kaiser USNS Bruce C. Heezen USNS Marie Tharp • Air squadrons already deployed in theater: Two F-35 squadrons Three F-15E squadrons One F-16 squadron One A-10 squadron • Intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, support, and logistics assets: P-8A Poseidon C-17A Globemaster KC-135 Stratotanker KC-46A Pegasus KC-130J Super Hercules MQ-4C Triton • U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) vessels: USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) USCGC Glen Harris (WPC 1143) USCGC Emlen Tunnell (WPC 1144) USCGC John Scheuerman (WPC 1146) USCGC Clarence Sutphin, Jr. (WPC 1147)