Strait of Hormuz – The skies over the Persian Gulf turned into a slaughterhouse as U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthogs unleashed absolute devastation on Iranian naval forces attempting to blockade the Strait of Hormuz.

On March 21, 2026, squadrons of the legendary “tank-killer” A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft conducted low-level attack runs, raining 30mm depleted uranium rounds from their GAU-8 Avenger cannons at a rate of 3,900 rounds per minute. Iranian fast attack boats, missile launch platforms, and patrol vessels that were mining and blocking the critical waterway were shredded in minutes. Burning hulls and sinking wreckage now litter the waters as the once-formidable IRGC naval presence was systematically wiped out.

The Warthogs, flying dangerously low and slow while shrugging off small-arms fire with their тιтanium armor, turned the Iranian blockade into a floating scrapyard. Multiple secondary explosions from munitions and fuel lit up the horizon as the A-10s made repeated devastating pᴀsses.

U.S. Central Command confirmed the operation was specifically designed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for international shipping. Within hours of the strikes, commercial tankers began moving through the waterway under heavy American protection.

This bold mission has dramatically shifted momentum. Iran’s attempt to choke global oil supplies has been shattered by the ugly but unstoppable Warthog.

President Trump praised the pilots: “The A-10s just reminded the world why America rules the battlefield. Iran’s navy is gone.”

As smoke continues to rise from the burning Iranian vessels and oil prices begin to stabilize, the message to Tehran is unmistakable:

You do not close international waters.
You do not threaten the global economy.
And when you try — the Warthog comes for you.

The Strait of Hormuz is open. America made sure of it.