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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121), fires a BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missile (TLAM) against a target in Iran, during operations in support of Operation Epic Fury, within the U.S. Central Command Area-of-Responsibility.
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Satellite imagery from Vantor has now confirmed earlier reports of an “aircraft massacre” at Khatami Air Base (8th Tactical Air Base), located northeast of Isfahan, Iran, following strikes against the base this past week by the Israeli Air Force. According to imagery, both before and after, roughly a dozen aircraft with Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force were targeted and destroyed, including several F-14 Tomcats and other fighter/strike aircraft, in addition to a number of hardened aircraft shelters that were penetrated and destroyed using “Bunker Busters” by Israel and/or the United States.

Image credit: @vantortech @Philipp27960841
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump has quietly appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Turning Point USA, Erika Kirk, to the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors. The Board of Visitors inquires into the morale, discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods and other matters relating to the Academy which the Board decides to consider. No formal announcement has been made, however Erika Kirk's name now appears on the website as a member of the USAFA Board.
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Two Ghanaian, one Bangladeshi, and an Indian national suffered injuries this morning, ranging from minor to moderate, as a result of an Iranian drone attack Tuesday on Dubai International Airport (DXB).
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced an attack on the Liberian-flagged container ship 'Express Rome' in the Persian Gulf. Latest position via @MarineTraffic was 31 minutes ago.
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The U.S. Air Force and Navy continue to carry out strikes against Iranian ballistic missile launchers in support of Operation Epic Fury, with several new strikes seen in footage released this morning by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).
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Mojtaba Khamenei, the newly appointed Supreme Leader of Iran, suffered a fractured foot, a bruise around his left eye, as well as minor lacerations to his face, after a failed assassination attempt on the first day of the U.S. and Israel’s bombardment campaign against Tehran, a source familiar with the situation told CNN.
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An F-22 Raptor with the U.S. Air Force’s 1st Fighter Wing, based out of Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia, seen landing at Ovda Airbase in Southern Israel while supporting Operation Epic Fury.
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Video has surfaced showing a massive fire burning from storage tanks at the MINA Petroleum Facility at the Port in Salalh, Oman, following a strike from a one-way attack drone launched by Iran.
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Thick black smoke and flames can be seen rising from at least two oil tanks at the Port of Salalah in Oman, following an attempted drone attack this morning by Iran.
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has issued a statement warning civilians in Iran to immediately avoid all port facilities where Iranian naval forces are operating. Iranian dockworkers, administrative personnel, and commercial vessel crews are told to avoid Iranian naval vessels and military equipment, stating that port facilities lose protected status and become legitimate military targets under international law if used for military purposes by the Iranian Navy and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN).
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Norwegian Police announced Wednesday that they had apprehended three suspects for their involvement in Sunday’s bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, which caused damage to the entrance of the embassy’s consular section but no injuries. The suspects, three brothers in their 20s from Iraq, were not previously known to police and have not yet been questioned, with an investigation ongoing to determine if the brothers have links to any terror groups or if the attack was related to the ongoing conflict with Iran.
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Former Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Gen. Ali Fadavi, claimed today to Iranian state-run media that an American F-15 was shot down over Southern Tehran. Like many of the claims made in the last week by Iranian channels, there is no evidence this has occurred nor has there been a statement confirming such an incident by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukrainian counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) teams are already in the Gulf region aiding in C-UAS efforts. Ukrainian C-UAS experts have been sent to the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia to aid in efforts to counter Iran’s drone attacks against the Gulf Nations.
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According to CBS, the Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. soldiers in Kuwait seriously injured more U.S. servicemembers than was previously reported. According to the report, the Iranian strike, which took place in the initial round of reciprocal strikes between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, left soldiers with a myriad of injuries, including brain trauma, shrapnel wounds, and burns. Per the report, more than 30 servicemembers remain in hospitals with battle injuries from the strike. One at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, 12 at Walter Reed Medical Center in suburban Washington, D.C., and about 25 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.
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While speaking to reporters earlier outside the White House, when asked about cooperation with Spain, who the Trump Administration had a previous row over use of Spanish bases to strike Iran, President Trump said, “they’ve been very bad…we may cut off trade with Spain.”
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The Israel Defense Force has released footage of strikes today on IRGC command-and-control (C2) nodes in Tehran, and additional areas of Iran. The IDF also struck C2 centers belonging to the IRGC Air Force, a compound within the IRGC’s central military university, and ballistic missile storage and launch sites. Additionally, the IDF targeted bases operated by the Basij Internal Security Force.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning to law enforcement agencies in California stating that they have recent intelligence that indicates “Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast of the United States, specifically against unspecified targets in California, in the event that the U.S. conducted strikes against Iran,” according to reporting from ABC News.
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