Heavy strikes earlier tonight against launch and storage sites at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Shiraz Missile Base in Southern Iran, with multiple fires seen burning at the base as residents reported a number of secondary explosions, seen and heard from Sadra.

Israel has detected the launch of ballistic missiles by Iran.

The Israeli Air Force has begun a wave of strikes against ballistic missile storage and launch sites in Central Iran.

79 U.S. Embassy staffers and their family members were evacuated yesterday from Israel by the U.S. Air Force, to Bulgaria, where they are scheduled to catch a charter flight back to the United States.

Two flights of between 6 and 8 B-2A “Spirit” Long-Range Stealth Bombers departed from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri earlier tonight, joined by two groups of 4 KC-135 Aerial-Refueling Tankers each, all heading west towards the Pacific. The bombers have now begun their roughly 20+ hour trip to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, which is roughly 2,000 miles from Iran.

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Correction: According to flight tracking as well as apparent statements from officials, the B-2As, which consist of at least six bombers, are flying to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, not Diego Garcia like initially believed. This would place the bombers over 5,000 miles from Iran, though aerial-refueling would still allow the bombers to reach Iran in roughly 18+ hours, depending on route taken.

Satellite imagery from June 19 of Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia shows a massive number of military aircraft with U.S. and Allied Air Forces having arrived within the last week or so now amassing at the base, including at least 54 F-16s, 22 KC-135s, and 11 C-130s, as well as a handful of other aircraft on the tarmac and in aircraft shelters at the base.

The Israel Defense Force has announced the completion of a series of strikes today against military infrastructure in Southwestern Iran. Earlier today, approximately 30 fighter jets of the Israeli Air Force, with roughly 50 precision-munitions and gathered info from the Intelligence Directorate, struck dozens of military targets in and around the city of Ahvaz in the Khuzestan Province of Southwestern Iran. Targets struck include a site where missile launchers were stored, some of which had launched ballistic missiles in the past toward the State of Israel, radar detection sites used for detection and aerial intelligence gathering, and the Al-Hadid Military Base.

Footage from today’s airstrikes against the Al-Hadid Military Base in the city of Ahvaz within the Khuzestan Province of Southwestern Iran by the Israeli Air Force.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry has announced that a terrorist attack being planned by elements of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) against Israeli citizens in Cyprus, was thwarted recently by the Cypriot Intelligence Service (CIS), in cooperation with the Israeli Security Agency (ISA). Israel thanks Cyprus for its swift and effective actions in preventing such an attack by Iran.

U.S. defense officials have now confirmed to NBC News and Reuters that several B-2A “Spirit” Long-Range Stealth Bombers took-off last night from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, and are heading for Guam in the Western Pacific.

According to officials who spoke with Reuters, the B-2A “Spirit” Long-Range Stealth Bombers being deployed to Guam in the Western Pacific have been given no further orders yet to suggest imminent strikes against Iran.

Following several reported meetings and conversations this week between U.S. President Trump and his First-Term Senior Councilor and Chief Strategist, Steve Bannon, with sources suggesting that Bannon has had significant input on Trump’s recent decisions regarding Iran. Bannon said earlier on his program, “I’m just reporting what I’m hearing from pretty good sources—the party is on. So another big weekend.”

The Israeli Air Force has released footage showing strikes against three additional F-14 “Tomcats” belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) at an airbase in Central Iran.

Germany has now joined the ever growing list of countries that have closed their Embassy and withdrawn all staff from the Iranian capital of Tehran, amidst the ongoing war between Iran and Israel.

Initial reports of an airstrike on a military pier at the Port of Bandar Abbas in Southern Iran, on the coast of the Strait of Hormuz, with several sources indicating that a warship of the the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) is currently burning following a strike by the Israeli Air Force.

The Israel Defense Force has announced that that fighter jets of the Air Force are currently carrying out strikes on drone storage warehouses and other weapons facilities in Southern Iran, in and around the city of Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz.