According to CBS News, citing a number of unnamed sources, the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier will be deploying to the Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR), amidst ongoing operations against Iran. U.S. officials, speaking to CBS News on the condition of anonymity, said that the carrier may join in combat operations against Iran once it reaches the CENTCOM AOR.

According to CBS News, citing a person with knowledge on the matter, 14 additional people of unspecified nationality were injured in an Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

Following the launch of missiles from Yemen the Houthis have announced that they launched a wave of ballistic missiles against Israel.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have announced the elimination of Ali Hassan Shaib in southern Lebanon earlier today in a strike. According to the IDF, Shaib was a member of Hezbollah's 'Radwan Force' intelligence unit while working as a journalist for the Hezbollah-linked television network Al-Manar that consistently worked to expose IDF positions.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced the arrival of the USS Tripoli (LHA-7) with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) into the CENTCOM Area-of-Responsibility.

In a letter, dated 26 March 2026, from the Commanding General of U.S. Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) and Marine Forces South, Lieutenant General Leonard Anderson IV, to all Marines under his command stresses the importance of being ready to deploy in light of current operations in Iran, going on to say that a mass mobilization could become reality as fighting continues in the Western Hemisphere.

Reports of a possible direct impact from an Iranian drone on the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, Northern Iraq, amid a massive one-way drone attack currently underway against Northern and Eastern Iraq by Iran, with explosions being heard in Baghdad and Erbil.

The British Ministry of Defense has announced that four gunners with the Royal Air Force’s No. 2 Force Protection (Counter-Uncrewed Aerial Systems) Wing have achieved the title of “ace” for the first time, by blasting five of more Iranian one-way attack drones out of the sky during ongoing military operations in the Middle East.

A Counter-Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar System (C-RAM) seen engaging Iranian one-way drones earlier tonight during an attack on a American/Syrian military base near Qasrak, in the Al-Hasakah Governorate of Northeastern Syria.

Almost surely struck by the Iranians with surveillance and targeting data provided by both China and Russia.

The Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, U.S. officials tell the Washington Post, as thousands of American soldiers and Marines arrive in the Middle East for what could become a dangerous new phase of the Iran War, exposing U.S. personnel to an array of threats, including Iranian drones and missiles, ground fire and improvised explosive, should the decision to escalate by made by President Donald J. Trump.

Any potential ground operation would fall short of a full-scale invasion and could instead involve raids by a mixture of Special Operations forces and conventional infantry troops, said the officials. Options include the possible seizure of Kharg Island, a key Iranian oil export hub in the Persian Gulf, and raids into other coastal areas near the Strait of Hormuz to find and destroy weapons that can target commercial and military shipping, with one official setting the potential timeline at “a couple of months.”

Reports suggest that the E-3G Sentry was struck while on a taxiway at Prince Sultan Air Base, meaning that the satellite images previously seen showing burn marks and damaged aircraft on the tarmac didn’t even include the E-3, suggesting that at least one other aircraft, likely a KC-135 Stratotanker, was indeed destroyed in the attack by Iran.

Statement from Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna after she hosted members of the Russian Parliament and Communist Party this week in Washington, as Russia actively assists Iran in killing American servicemembers across the Middle East.

A U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker is squawking “7700” and has declared an emergency over Jordan, with the tanker currently returning to Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv following a mission over Iraq in support of Operation Epic Fury.

A U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II carrying out strikes earlier today on the headquarters of Kata'ib Sayyid ul-Shuhada, also known as the 14th Brigade under Iraq’s Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), in the Ar-Rashidiya neighborhood of Mosul, Northern Iraq.