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.

The Israeli Air Force has begun an extensive wave of airstrikes against military infrastructure across Iran’s capital, Tehran.

Four F-16I “Sufa” jets with the 201th Squadron of the Israeli Air Force armed with multiple GBU-31(V) 1/b Joint-Direct Attack Munitions over Palmyra, Syria, headed to Iran.

An alliance of six Iranian Kurdish groups backed by the US is preparing to enter Iran to join in the US-Israeli campaign to “dislodge” the Iranian regime, despite threats from Iran and growing opposition from Turkey, al-Monitor reported, citing “well-placed” sources.

Iraqi Kurdish official denies the report.

The US losses another fighter jet: A US Air Force F-15E “Strike Eagle” crashed Wednesday, possibly shot down by Iranian air defense systems southwest of the country. Both pilots successfully ejected and were later evacuated and transferred to Saudi Arabia and then Jordan, according to OSINTdefender on X.

US Central Command is asking the Pentagon to send more military intelligence officers to its headquarters in Florida to support operations against Iran for at least 100 days but likely through September, according to a notification obtained by POLITICO.