According to Al Jazeera, citing the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the command released photos of U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets patrolling regional waters in the Middle East, stating that Gulf partners, under U.S. protection, have transported more than 1.7 billion barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz. The archived briefing did not specify the start and end dates for this volume, and it should not be interpreted as daily throughput.