3 F-15s shot down by Kuwait in friendly fire incident, pilots safe, US says
Three U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets were shot down Sunday by Kuwaiti air defenses “due to an apparent friendly fire incident,” U.S. Central Command announced. The U.S. Air Force crews were flying in support of the ongoing campaign against Iran, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, when they were shot down, officials said. “All six aircrew ejected safely, have been safely recovered and are in stable ...[Read More]
3 F-15s shot down by Kuwait in friendly fire incident, pilots safe, US says
Three U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets were shot down Sunday by Kuwaiti air defenses “due to an apparent friendly fire incident,” U.S. Central Command announced. The U.S. Air Force crews were flying in support of the ongoing campaign against Iran, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, when they were shot down, officials said. “All six aircrew ejected safely, have been safely recovered and are in stable ...[Read More]
Pentagon to cut ties with Columbia, Yale, Brown and others Hegseth accuses of ‘wokeness’
The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Columbia, Yale, Brown and other universities starting next school year amid a campaign to cut ties with institutions that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called “factories of anti-American resentment.” Hegseth announced the policy in a video posted to social media on Friday, three weeks after he said the military was cutting ties with ...[Read More]
US, Israel pound Iran as Trump signals willingness to talk to new Iranian leadership
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. and Israel pounded targets across Iran on Sunday, dropping massive bombs on the country’s ballistic missile sites and wiping out warships as part of an intensifying military campaign following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Blasts rattled windows across the country and sent plumes of smoke high into the sky above Tehran. More than 200 p...[Read More]
9 Iranian naval ships have been destroyed and sunk, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Sunday that nine Iranian naval ships have been sunk as part of combat operations against Iran. “I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively large and important,” Trump wrote in a post on X, adding that Iran’s naval headquarters has been “largely destroyed” in a different attack. “We are going after t...[Read More]
3 US troops killed, 5 seriously wounded in actions against Iran
This is a developing story. Three U.S. service members have been killed in action during combat operations against Iran, U.S. Central Command officials announced Sunday. Five more have been listed as “seriously wounded.” Several other troops “sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty,” according to the CENTCOM release. A barrage of Iranian...[Read More]
What to Know About the New US-Israel Attacks on Iran
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Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, White House confirms
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, President Donald Trump said Saturday on social media. Trump said his death is “the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country.” The death occurred after a joint U.S. and Israeli aerial bombardment that targeted Iran...[Read More]
No US casualties reported following Iran’s retaliatory strikes, officials say
A barrage of Iranian retaliatory strikes on U.S. military installations across the Middle East on Saturday resulted in no casualties to American personnel, U.S. Central command officials said. With dust still settling from a U.S. and Israeli air, land and sea bombardment on targets across the Islamic Republic — part an operation dubbed Epic Fury — Iran responded by firing hundreds of missiles and ...[Read More]
War powers debate intensifies after Trump orders attack on Iran without approval by Congress
Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump’s military attack on Iran unless the administration wins their approval for what they warn is a potentially illegal campaign that risks pulling the United States into a deeper Middle East conflict. Both the House and Senate, where the president’s Republican Party has a slim majo...[Read More]
US confirms first combat use of LUCAS one-way attack drone in Iran strikes
U.S. Central Command officials have confirmed that airstrikes launched on Iran on Saturday involved the first combat use of the U.S. military’s new autonomous kamikaze drone. The Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS drone, was launched as part of Operation Epic Fury, which targeted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command and control facilities, Iranian air defense capabilities, missi...[Read More]
