U.S. Central Command announced Friday that a U.S. fighter jet disabled the vessels M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda prior to them “entering an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman in violation of the ongoing U.S. blockade.”

“A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) disabled both tankers after firing precision munitions into their smokestacks, preventing the non-compliant ships from entering Iran,” CENTCOM said in a statement.

"U.S. forces in the Middle East remain committed to full enforcement of the blockade of vessels entering or leaving Iran," said Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander. "Our highly trained men and women in uniform are doing incredible work."

The development comes after American forces also disabled the Iranian-flagged M/T Hasna vessel on Wednesday as it tried to sail to an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman.

“An F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) disabled the unladen oil tanker's rudder by firing several rounds from a 20mm cannon gun,” CENTCOM said. “All three vessels are no longer transiting to Iran.”