Two KC-46A "Pegasus" and three KC-135R/T "Stratotanker" Aerial-refueling aircraft with the US Air Force supporting Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighter jets in Operation Lion's Roar against Iran.

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirms that a US Navy submarine sunk Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dana off the coast of Sri Lanka by a torpedo, the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II.

CJCS Gen. Dan Caine: "As of this morning, CENTCOM is making steady progress. Iran's theater ballistic missile shots fired are down 86% from the first day of fighting, with a 23% decrease just in the last 24 hours. Their one-way attack drone shots are down 73% from opening days."

Analysis by MarineTraffic of vessel activity through the Strait of Hormuz in the Arabian Gulf indicates tanker transits are now around 90% lower than last week, when Operation Epic Fury against Iran began.

Footage released by the US Department of War showing American submarine torpedo striking and sinking Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dana off the coast of Sri Lanka.

US Air Mobility Ops in support of Operation Epic Fury against Iran -- 0225 UTC

- MOOSE72 & RCH227 to King Faisal AB, Jordan
- RCH699 to Muaffaq al-Salti AB, Jordan
- RCH707 & RCH1801 (C5M) to Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia
- MOOSE58 to al-Dhafra AB, UAE

Earlier today, unidentified airstrike killed a Iraqi army soldier south of Anbar. Although it is still not confirmed, multiple Iraqi news outlets reported that the US carried out a heliborne operation with as much as 150 troops, and then went back to al-Tanf Base in Syria.

A US Navy destroyer in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea shot down the Iranian medium-range ballistic missile, launched at Incirlik Air Base south of Turkey, with a Standard Missile (SM-3), according to The Insider.

New footage released by the US Central Command show a “first-historic” launch of Long-range Precision Strike Missiles (PrSMs) from HIMARS launchers against Iranian ground targets as part of Operation Epic Fury.

Iranian attacks across Middle East since February 28th 2026.
Now up to 12 Countries attacked:

🇹🇷 Türkiye 1 Missile
🇨🇾 Cyprus 2 Missiles 1 Drone
🇴🇲 Oman 8 Drones.
🇧🇭 Bahrain 73 Missiles 91 Drones
🇮🇶 Iraq unknown # missiles 12+ drones
🇮🇱 Israel 205 Missiles 50 Drones
🇯🇴 Jordan 13 Missiles 36~ Drones
🇰🇼 Kuwait 178 Missiles 384 Drones 3x F-15E
🇶🇦 Qatar 104 Missiles 39 Drones 2x SU-24
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 5 Missiles 26 Drones
🇸🇾 Syria 1+ Missile
🇦🇪 UAE 197 Missiles 941 Drones

Totals
Missiles: 779+
Drones: 1,588+
Combined Projectiles: 2,367+

Aircraft shot down over Gulf: 5
3x US F-15E
2x IR SU-24

— Intelschizo (X)

A drone was intercepted a short while ago near the US Logistic Support Center in Baghdad International Airport, according to AFP.

US Air Force B-2A “Spirit” Stealth Bombers are expected to land at Britain’s Royal Air Force Fairford Air Base in the UK and Deigo Garcia Base south of the Arabian Sea in a matter of days to join attacks on Iran, according to The Telegraph.

This would reduce flight time and fuel consumption by a lot. The US would utilize those bombers from Europe and the Southern Arabian Sea instead of launching them from Continental US.

A number of fighter jets with the Israeli/US Air Force are passing now over Western Iraq, heading east.

Reports of power outage across southern and central Iraq as the fighters pass over the country.

Power outage confirmed across Iraq. Baghdad International Airport and many military bases with the Iraqi Army are with no electricity supply.

A US Air Force KC-135R/T “Startotanker” escorted by a F-16 “Fighting Falcon”? over Central Iraq this morning.

Massive explosions in the Esteghlal Industrial Zone in western Tehran following an evacuation order by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

F-15E “Strike Eagle” armed with 4x GBU-31(V) 3/b Joint-Direct Attack Munitions and AIM-120 air-to-air missile. — Photo by the US Central Command

F-16CJ “Fighting Falcon” with the 480th Fighter “Warhawks” Squadron of the US Air Force armed with 2x AIM-9X “Sidewinders”, 2x AIM-120s and 2x AGM-88 HARMs.

Thousands of Kurdish fighters in Iraq have begun a ground offensive against the regime in Iran, according to i24News, citing Iranian Kurdish official.