Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, Commander of the Israeli Air Force, met Friday with the Head of the Israel Defense Force’s Intelligence Directorate, Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder and other senior defense officials, to finalize preparations for potential military action against Iran if or when the United States decided to act, according to the Israeli online newspaper Ynet.

Traders on Polymarket predict that the chance of imminent military action by the United States against Iran still remain low following Friday’s talks in Oman, with the chance of strikes by the end of March at only 42%.

U.S. Secretary of the Navy John Phelan has been named on a flight manifest found in the recent release of documents as part of the Epstein Files, showing that he flew in 2006 from London to New York on a Boeing 727-200 owned by convicted sex offender and trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, aboard an aircraft known more commonly as the Lolita Express.

Twelve other passengers are listed on the manifest besides Phelan, including Epstein himself and Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling agent and close associate of Epstein who was facing charges of sexual assault and rape of a minor when he was found dead in his prison cell in 2022. Six other names on the list have been redacted by the Justice Department. The flight left London traveling to New York on the afternoon of March 3, 2006.

The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces reports that Polish and NATO fighter jets and early-warning aircraft have been scrambled from bases in Eastern Europe, while ground-based air defense systems and radar reconnaissance have been raised to their highest state of readiness across Poland, due to activity by Russia’s long-range aviation, which is currently carrying out strikes on the territory of Ukraine.

F-22 Raptors have been pulled from Sunday’s flyover for Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California by the U.S. Air Force due to “operational assignments,” according to Katie Spencer, the Sports Outreach Program Manager for the Department of the Air Force.

Despite being recently pulled from the event, the F-22s can still be seen alongside an Air Force B-1B Lancer and F-15C Eagles, in addition to Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets and F-35C Lightning lls, on the commemorative flight suit patch for the Super Bowl released by the Air Force.

Footage showing yesterday’s practice flyover by a joint formation of combat aircraft from both the U.S. Air Force and Navy over Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California for Super Bowl LX on Sunday, featuring a B-1B Lancer, 2 F-15C Eagles, 2 F/A-18F Super Hornets, and 2 F-35C Lightning lls, previously including 2 F-22 Raptors before their removal from the event by the Air Force.

Video credit goes to @RyanWelchPhotog on X.