According to the UKMTO, a cargo vessel was hit by an unknown projectile 11NM north of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz. The vessel requested assistance and the crew are in the process of evacuating the vessel. Authorities are investigating following a fire on board, now under control, as a number of crew “remain unlocated.”

Statement from the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Gen. Ken Wilsbach, on the loss of Airmen in yesterday’s crash of a KC-135 Stratotanker over Western Iraq.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has now announced the death of all six crewmembers onboard the U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker that crashed yesterday in Western Iraq, following a reported mid-air collision with another KC-135 while supporting Operation Epic Fury.

The Pentagon is moving a Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Middle East, as Iran steps up its attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, according to two officials who spoke to the Wall Street Journal. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved a request from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) for an Expeditionary Unit, typically consisting of up to 2,500 Marines, to be deployed near Iran, with the Marines believed to be coming from Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) in Twentynine Palms, California.

During an interview with morning with Fox News Radio, President Trump said he now believes it is unlikely that Iranians will rise up soon against the Islamic Regime. “I really think that’s a big hurdle to climb for people that don’t have weapons. I think it’s a very big hurdle, so that’ll happen - maybe not immediately.” Asked when he believed the Iran War would end, Trump said that he doesn’t believe it is to be long, further stating that he’ll known the war is over “When I feel it in my bones.”

2,200 Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, accompanied by the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group: which consists of the USS Tripoli (LHA-7), USS San Diego (LPD-22), and USS New Orleans (LPD-18), alongside roughly 20 F-35B Lightning lls, have been ordered to deploy to the Middle East, amid the ongoing conflict with Iran, according to ABC News.

The USS Tripoli (LHA-7) and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are based out of Sasebo and Okinawa, Japan.

During this morning’s press conference at the Pentagon, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan “Raizin” Caine, revealed that MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), a surface-launched tactical ballistic missile operated by the U.S. Army, have been utilized to sink several Iranian ships, including a submarine, since the start of Operation Epic Fury.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) continues to release footage of strikes against targets in Iran, with the below video showing the destruction of two ballistic missile launchers as well as what appears to be a Sukhoi Su-22 in service with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGCASF).

The U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service is offering Iranians up to $10 million for information on a number of key leaders within Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani.

The U.S. Army has sent 10,000 Merops AI-enabled interceptor drones developed in Ukraine by the California-based defense venture Project Eagle to the Middle East, as it looks to repel Iranian one-way drone attacks without using up high-cost missile defense systems, according to a statement Friday by U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.

After Iran’s latest ballistic missile strikes on Central Israel, damage can be seen in one town as fires burn after an impact of a missile on the roof of a building.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met today in Paris with the Exiled Crown Prince of Iran Reza Pahlavi, amid the ongoing war in the Middle East between Iran, Israel, and the United States.

Formula 1 has cancelled the Grand Prix in both Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, citing the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Kilmeade: “You think Putin is helping them [Iran]?”

President Trump: “I think he might be helping them a little bit, yeah, I guess, and he probably thinks we're helping Ukraine, right?”

Kilmeade: “And you are, right?”

President Trump: “Yeah, we're helping them also, and so he says that, and China would say the same thing, you know. It's like, hey, they do it and we do it, in all fairness. They do it, we do it.”

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has released footage showing B-2A “Spirit” Long-Range Strategic Stealth Bombers with the 509th Bomb Wing taking off from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, for strikes against targets in Iran under Operation Epic Fury.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has denied statements from the Pentagon and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky stating that the United States had requested and been granted direct assistance from Ukraine in order to help counter the threat posed by Iranian one-way attack drones across the Middle East.

Kilmeade: “Are they [Ukraine] helping us with drone defense too?”

Trump: “No, we don't need their help with drone defense. We know more about drones than anybody. We have the best drones in the world, actually.”

U.S. President Donald J. Trump claims in a post on TruthSocial that Iran had plans of “taking over the entire Middle East, and completely obliterating Israel,” which he states are now dead “JUST LIKE IRAN ITSELF.”