Declassified footage shows the moment that “Bravo,” the injured WSO was finally picked up by U.S. forces, specifically by two members of Air Force Pararescue, following the use of technology by the CIA to detect his location. All together, over 90 special operators were involved in the operation that successfully saved the two downed pilots.
As the WSO said, truly a “testament of God’s provision.”

According to a statement from Iran’s IRGC, a U.S. MQ-1 “Predator” drone was recently shot down over the Strait of Hormuz. In the Past two years, the U.S. has lost a notable amount of both MQ-1s and MQ-9s since the war with Iran has started.

Earlier today, the Houthis announced a large-scale wave of strikes against King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia. A commensurate release from Saudi Arabia’s Directorate of Civil Defense announced an alert for the same area during the strikes.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Adm. Brad Cooper departed Saudi Arabia earlier this morning after arriving in Riyadh on September 11 amid a rapidly escalating Houthi offensive in Yemen.

The Houthi campaign has expanded to attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure and advances toward the Bab al Mandeb Strait, including the reported seizure of Perim Island and positions along Yemen’s Red Sea coast.

Adm. Cooper’s visit follows reports that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman twice contacted President Donald J. Trump on Thursday seeking urgent U.S. military assistance against the Houthis. The Trump administration has so far declined to authorize direct U.S. strikes, but has agreed to provide Saudi Arabia with intelligence and targeting support.

The future USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128), a Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, transited the Panama Canal westbound last week en route to Whittier, Alaska, where it is scheduled to be commissioned into the U.S. Navy on October 3.

The destroyer departed HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi, in May and first sailed to its future homeport at Naval Station Norfolk. The ship has since continued its testing and preparation for commissioning.

Following its commissioning in Alaska, Ted Stevens will return to Norfolk, where the crew will continue training, testing and certification ahead of the ship’s eventual entry into the operational fleet.

The Ted Stevens is the second Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer built by Ingalls and is equipped with the AN/SPY-6(V)1 air and missile defense radar and upgraded Aegis combat systems.

Photo: https://x.com/WarshipCam/status/2097909108330389929

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has said that Iran is currently willing to make some sort of a deal, amidst ongoing hostilities between them and the U.S., that have carried on now for over 6 months. Per the president, he will determine, in a yet unspecified timeframe if the U.S. will engage in a resumed negotiations process.

Former Air Forces Central (AFCENT) commander Lt. Gen. Derek France says Operation Epic Fury exposed several gaps in U.S. preparation for major combat against a capable state adversary.

Air & Space Forces Magazine reports France identified munitions logistics, long range air domain awareness and base survivability as key areas for improvement. U.S. bases continued generating sorties despite repeated Iranian missile and drone attacks, but France said critical command and control facilities and aircrew areas need greater protection.

The scale was fundamentally different from decades of counterterrorism operations: more than 13,000 targets were struck while Iran launched more than 1,500 ballistic missiles and 6,000 drones.

France's assessment offers a rare look at what the U.S. Air Force learned from conducting sustained, high intensity combat against an adversary capable of repeatedly attacking American forces.

Source: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/former-afcent-commander-reflects-on-lessons-of-epic-fury/

President Donald J. Trump has announced via Truth Social that the U.S. is producing more "Exquisite and Elite Weapons than at any time in our History." He goes on to say that deliveries to the Middle East, and beyond, are occurring daily.

In March, President Trump announced that several weapons manufacturers had agreed to increase production 400%. The administration has since taken steps to expand production of several critical munitions, including THAAD and PAC-3 interceptors. Congress has also provided additional funding for munitions procurement.

However, Congress has not specifically appropriated funding to support the blanket 400% production increase President Trump described in March. The Pentagon's subsequent multiyear production agreements are also subject to annual congressional appropriations.

In a first, according to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauséda, alerts in Lithuania recently were the result of a drone, likely Russian. Per President Nauséda, NATO fighter jets, deployed as part of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission, were scrambled and subsequently shot down the drone.

U.S. Central Command has refuted the nature of recent IRGC claims that the Panama-flagged El Gaia struck a naval mine today, saying that the vessel was struck last month already by an Iranian missile and was “rendered inoperable.” Per the release, the Iranians struck the vessel again while it sat off the coast of Oman. However, tracking from the days leading up to the reported strike does not necessarily line up with CENTCOM’s characterization of the two incidents.

As part of Operation Economic Outcast against Iran, the U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control sanctioned VTB Bank, Russia's second largest bank, under the Iran sanctions program.

VTB was already under extensive U.S. sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine. Treasury now says the bank has helped Iran evade sanctions by establishing relationships with sanctioned Iranian banks, expanding operations in Tehran and creating financial channels for Russia-Iran trade. Treasury also says VTB helped move billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets.

President Donald J. Trump just made a lengthy post about the U.S. Supreme Court in a Truth Social post this morning, calling several of its recent decisions “horrible,” “destructive,” and potentially devastating to the country.

President Trump criticized the Court over rulings involving mail in voting, tariffs and birthright citizenship, arguing that the justices have repeatedly failed to support his administration and accusing some members of being intimidated by Democrats.

He specifically praised Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito for dissenting from the Court’s decision on mail in voting, while accusing the broader Court of issuing rulings that could cost the United States “trillions and trillions of dollars” and set the country back “at least a hundred years.”

Trump concluded by saying that criticizing the Court would “likely cost me dearly for years to come,” but that he considered it his “obligation and duty” as president to do so.

According to a report from WHRO, 90 sailors who were aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), including the ship's commanding officer, had their vehicles towed from a parking lot at Pier 14 on Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia as the base Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) office prepared for a concert while they were underway at the end of August.

“Naval Station Norfolk personnel also discussed the parking restrictions with USS Kearsarge security personnel and specifically identified the areas where vehicles could not be parked. Barriers were placed in the affected parking area in advance of the event in the restricted parking as well", according to Kelly Wirfel, a base spokesperson.

The report states that sailors did not have to pay the $180 impound fee.

Source: https://www.whro.org/military-veterans/2026-09-14/dozens-of-sailors-cars-were-impounded-on-naval-station-norfolk-while-they-were-at-sea

The new granite helipad on the White House South Lawn is now complete, paving the way for the U.S. Marine Corps’ VH-92A "Patriot" to routinely operate as "Marine One" from the White House grounds.

The VH-92A had seen limited use for White House arrivals and departures because its downward directed exhaust can generate enough heat to scorch or damage the South Lawn. The Marine Corps had therefore continued using the older VH-3D helicopter for South Lawn operations.

President Donald J. Trump approved construction of the permanent landing pad, with Sikorsky, the VH-92A manufacturer and a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, providing approximately $5 million to fund the project.

The VH-92A is intended to replace the legacy presidential helicopter fleet and provide the president with secure presidential airlift for both routine and contingency operations.

This image was posted to President Trump's Truth Social page yesterday.

Video purporting to show the Panama flagged, Qatar owned oil tanker El Gaia with black smoke rising from its superstructure is circulating online following an apparent attack on the vessel near Oman on September 13.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed the tanker struck a naval mine while making what it described as an unauthorized transit. That account has been disputed by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which says the vessel was previously struck by an Iranian missile and was later attacked by an Iranian drone while off the coast of Oman.

The available video does not appear to show obvious hull damage consistent with a mine explosion.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs confirmed that 13 of the 14 Indian crew members aboard were rescued, with one Indian national remaining missing. Oman has since reported that 23 crew members were evacuated from the tanker, while search operations continue for two missing crew members. The vessel is being towed toward Oman.

Senior military commanders from the U.S., Israel and eight Arab countries secretly met in Germany last week to discuss the war with Iran and the broader regional security situation.

Axios reports the meeting, organized by CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper, included the military chiefs of Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and Egypt.

It was the first such gathering since the U.S. and Israel went to war with Iran more than six months ago, and brought together Israeli and Arab military leaders from countries that in some cases still have no diplomatic relations.

Cooper reportedly reassured the group that the U.S. will maintain its military presence in the region and briefed them on plans to expand protected shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

The meeting also comes as the Houthis escalate attacks on Saudi Arabia and threaten the Bab al-Mandab. Axios reports Israel, Saudi Arabia and CENTCOM are discussing possible Israeli ISR support for Saudi operations against the Houthis.

Source: https://www.axios.com/2026/09/15/military-commanders-us-israel-arab-countries-iran-meeting-germany