US Central Command (CENTCOM) publishes footage of B-1 “Lancer” Strategic Bombers taking off for Iran to strike ballistic missile facilities.

Sirens have been activated at al-Bakr Air Base north of Kirkuk, after unidentified drone hit in the vicinity of the base. The base hosts Iraqi Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons and is one of the largest in the country.

More than a dozen (~17x) of US Air Force KC-135R/T aerial-refueling tankers are heading east in support of Operation Epic Fury against Iran, out of Continental US.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeing significant disrupted in the Middle East after three of its data centers were hit with drone strikes, and recovery will likely be "prolonged given the nature of the physical damage involved," AWS said in an update on its status dashboard.

Earlier this night, the US Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was attacked by two drones. A Saudi official told NBC News no one was injured. https://x.com/modgovksa/status/2028629238694228383

US President Trump formally notified Congress of military action taken against the Iranian government on February 28, 2026, citing an "untenable" threat after failed diplomacy and triggering the War Powers Act’s 60-day clock for unauthorized hostilities, according to NBC.

New unclassified footage released by CENTCOM featuring airstrikes on Iranian ballistic missile launchers.

US Army C-RAM defense system destroying Iranian drone near Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq.

Australia’s Defense Minister Richard Marles confirmed that Iranian drones struck al-Minhad Air Base in the UAE on the first night of the conflict, which is a logistics hub for Australia’s Middle East operations near Dubai.

For the first time since the beginning of war against Iran, Lebanese Hezbollah claimed a 0500 local time kamikaze drone strike targeting IDF radar sites and control rooms at the Ramat David Air Base in Northern Israel.

Iranian missiles and drones the Gulf nations have reported since the war began (CNN, citing official state media):

Kuwait: Intercepted 178 ballistic missiles (BM) and 384 drones.
UAE: 169/182 BMs, 645/689 drones.
Bahrain: 70 BMs, 79 drones.
Qatar: 101/104 BMs, 24/39 drones, and two Su-24 jets.

In his first reaction to the attack on the US Embassy in Riyadh about 5 hours ago, US President Trump told NewsNation that the retaliation will be made clear soon. He added that American troops on the ground are unlikely to be necessary.

Israeli Mossad had information from signals intelligence, including hacked traffic cameras and deeply penetrated mobile phone networks, that Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was on a schedule for meeting with senior officials in his compound near the Pasteur street in Tehran. In addition, US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had something even more concrete — a human source. And at At 0338 pm ET on Friday, President Donald Trump, travelling on Air Force One to Texas, gave the order to proceed with Operation Epic Fury, in which the US launched cyber attacks to disrupt Iran's ability to see, paving the way for Israeli fighter jets to drop about 30 precision guided bombs on Khamenei, according to a report by the Financial Times.

US President Donald Trump dispels concerns that US munitions reserves are dwindling, saying in a post on Truth Social that stockpiles of some weapons "have never been higher", but added that quantities of higher-grade weapons were "not where we want to be." He also said that the country had a "virtually unlimited supply" of munitions at a "medium and upper medium grade".

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116163464520215003

Footage released by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) show Air Force aircraft striking and thwarting a cell of operatives from the Iranian air defense array as they were attempting to operate systems against the IDF.

The Israeli Air Force has begun targeted strikes against military objectives in Tehran and Beirut.

US State Department orders "non-emergency" staff to leave Bahrain, Jordan, and Iraq, according to AFP.