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According to CBS News, the other aircraft involved in the crash of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker tonight over Western Iraq was another KC-135, with the tanker that went down in Iraq carrying a total of six servicemembers, while the other tanker was able to safely return to Israel.
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Large fires are burning at a Joint Kurdish Peshmerga-French โ€‹Patrol Base near Makhmour in Erbil, Northern Iraq, following an Iranian drone strike that injured at least six soldiers with the French Army.
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According to CBS News, an Iranian ship approached the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) recently in the Arabian Sea and was fired upon by a Mark-45 5" Deck Gun that missed several times before an MH-60 Seahawk was launched and struck the vessel with several AGM-114 โ€œHellfireโ€ Air-to-Surface Missiles.
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Another MEDEVAC flight with the U.S. Air Force departed earlier today from Saudi Arabia, sources tell CBS News. The flight evacuated 19 U.S. servicemembers from Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia to a U.S. base in Germany, likely Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) near Ramstein Air Base, with two of the servicemembers aboard the flight being injured after an Iranian one-way attack drone detonated next to their vehicle somewhere in the Middle East.
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The U.S. Treasury Departmentโ€™s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a general license โ€œAuthorizing the Delivery and Sale of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products of Russian Federation Origin Loaded on Vesselsโ€ bypassing all previous sanctions levied against Russia, with the license going into effect March 12, 2026 and lasting until at least April 11, 2026.
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NBC News has identified the shooter from this morning's incident at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, as 36-year-old Mohamed Jalloh. Jalloh is a native of Sierra Leone who joined the U.S. Army National Guard in 2009. In 2016 he was arrested and convicted on federal charges of attempting to provide material support to ISIS and released from federal custody in 2024.
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Air raid sirens now in Bahrain.
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Additional details have been released about todayโ€™s attempted mass shooting at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, with reports suggesting that the intended target of the shooter, identified as Ex-National Guardsman Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, was ODUโ€™s Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). According to reports, Jalloh stormed into a classroom inside ODUโ€™s Constant Hall and asked if this was the ROTC. When someone confirmed that it was, he launched what is now being investigated as a terrorist attack, shooting the professor several times, resulting in the death of the retired military officer in charge of the schoolโ€™s ROTC Program. However, before he could turn his gun on the rest of the class, several cadets jumped on Jalloh, with one cadet stabbing him over 22 times, killing him, likely saving dozens of lives at ODU.
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Video footage published by an Iraqi outlet which appears to show 2 HC-130J Combat King IIs with the U.S. Air Force, which specialize in Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR), flying at low altitude tonight over Western Iraq, likely searching for the crash site of the KC-135 Stratotanker that crashed earlier following a mid-air collision with another KC-135.
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Reports of air raid sirens followed by possible explosions at Incirlik Air Base, located near Adana, Turkey.
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Photos of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, at what appears to be Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel (note the carโ€™s license plate), with visible damage to the tail have emerged following the crash of a KC-135 due to a mid-air collision with another Stratotanker earlier tonight over Western Iraq.
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French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the death of Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion from Varces-Alliรจres-et-Risset, serving with the 7th Battalion of the French Armyโ€™s elite Chasseurs Alpins, following an Iranian drone attack earlier tonight against a joint base near Erbil, Northern Iraq, which injured at least six servicemembers with the French Armed Forces.
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Video which appears to show a unknown ballistic missile in the sky over NATOโ€™s Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, following reports of air raid sirens and explosions heard earlier in several towns surrounding Incirlik.
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The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iranโ€™s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to U.S. military strikes while planning the ongoing wide-spread strike operation against Iran, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter who spoke to CNN.

Top officials with the Trump Administration acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to strikes, under the belief that closing the vital waterways within the strait would hurt Iran more than the United States.
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Another video showing what appears to be a ballistic missile, likely launched by Iran, in the sky tonight over NATOโ€™s Incirlik Air Base, located near Adana, Turkey.
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The gunman, who rammed his truck into a Reform Jewish Synagogue in Bloomfield, Michigan, has been tentatively identified as 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali of Lebanon, per CNN.
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Reports of U.S. strikes on Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) positions in Iraq last night, with footage allegedly showing USAF A-10s targeting PMF positions in Northcentral Iraq.
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced the deaths of four servicemembers following the crash of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker yesterday over Western Iraq. Search & rescue operations are still underway for two additional missing crewmembers who were onboard the KC-135.
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An image posted to Facebook appears to show U.S. Air Force KC-135 "Stratotanker" 63-8017 with severe damage to the top of its vertical stabilizer. Tracking data from @flightradar24 shows this aircraft squawking 7700 (emergency) yesterday as it returned to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. The tail flash identifies this aircraft as being assigned to Beale Air Force Base, CA, indicating this aircraft belonged to the 940th Aerial Refueling Wing. This is likely the 2nd aircraft involved in the incident that caused the loss of another KC-135 yesterday over Western Iraq.
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Reports of a drone interception this morning over Downtown Dubai, UAE, close to the site of the tallest building in the world and centerpiece for the city, the Burj Khalifa.
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