US military fires on, disables two more tankers trying to get through blockade in Strait of Hormuz

U.S. forces fired upon two vessels Friday that were attempting to get past the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. 

The two empty oil tankers were sailing under Iranian flags, heading through the strait to ports in Iran, according to U.S. Central Command. 

A U.S. Navy fighter jet from USS George H.W. Bush fired precision munitions into the smokestacks of the ships, disabling them both. 

On Wednesday, a Navy fighter jet fired rounds from a 20mm cannon into the rudder of another empty Iranian oil tanker and disabled it before it could reach Iran. 

"U.S. forces in the Middle East remain committed to full enforcement of the blockade of vessels entering or leaving Iran," Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander, said in a statement.