在阿拉伯海的乔治·华盛顿号航母上——在黑夜掩护下，装载空对空导弹的美国战斗机从航母甲板起飞，驶向霍尔木兹海峡，击落针对商船的伊朗巡航导弹和无人机。
ABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON IN THE ARABIAN SEA—Under the cover of darkness, American jet fighters loaded with air-to-air missiles catapult off the deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington and make their way toward the Strait of Hormuz to shoot down Iranian cruise missiles and drones aimed at commercial ships.
携带斯穆克无面包夹心三明治、口香糖和夜间通行的卫生包，F‑35C 和 F/A‑18 机组与电子战机、雷达系统和反潜直升机同步作战，为通过该水道的油轮创建防护伞。数小时后，飞行员以每小时超过100英里的速度返回航母，尾钩被缆绳捕获，短短不到两秒便结束夜间任务。
With Smucker’s Uncrustable sandwiches, gum and bathroom bags to get through the night, F-35C and F/A-18 pilots sync up with electronic-warfare planes, flying radar systems and submarine-hunting helicopters to create an umbrella of protection over tankers transiting the waterway. Hours later, the pilots slam back onto the carrier traveling more than 100 miles an hour, a cable catching their tailhooks to bring the night’s work to an end in less than two seconds.
近乎每日的护航任务帮助美国及其海湾伙伴恢复了该水道的油流，尽管遭遇伊朗的猛烈攻击，仍使美国在自二月以来持续的冲突中保持阵地，并保障了全球石油供应的通道。
The near-daily missions to protect ships have helped the U.S. and its Gulf partners restore the flow of oil through the waterway despite a barrage of Iranian attacks, allowing the U.S. to hold the line in a conflict that has dragged on since February and threatened access to the world’s oil supplies.
美国军方表示，在过去六个月内已帮助超过3,000艘商船通过该海峡，使波斯湾石油出口在最近几周已超过战前水平。中东地区美军司令布拉德·库珀海军上将上周末飞越该水道，中央司令部标志着自夏季以来已出口15亿桶石油。
The U.S. military says it has helped more than 3,000 commercial vessels transit the strait over the past six months, enabling Persian Gulf oil exports to surpass prewar levels in recent weeks. Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, flew over the waterway last weekend as Central Command marked 1.5 billion barrels of oil exported since the summer.