Following the initiation of U.S. and Israeli attacks on a wide range of Iranian targets, and Iran’s launching of retaliatory strikes against Israel and U.S. military facilities across the region, the Qatari Air Force has reportedly scrambled F-15QA fighters to intercept attacks. The Qatari Defence Ministry reported regarding its operations: “Our fighter jets repelled air attacks, including drones and cruise missiles launched from Iran.” Designated a Major Non-NATO ally of the United States, Qatar hosts by far the largest U.S.
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On Feb. 28, the United States and Israel launched coordinated but separately named military campaigns against Iran — the United States under Operation Epic Fury and Israel under Operation Roaring Lion — striking Iran’s nuclear facilities, ballistic missile infrastructure, and military leadership and command structures. In a video message broadcast, President Donald Trump again urged Iranians to “take over your government. It will be yours to take.” Whatever else the campaign accomplishes, it cannot be mistaken for coercive diplomacy.
In a dramatic break from conventional military practice, the United States and Israel launched coordinated airstrikes on Iran early Saturday, targeting the heart of the Islamic Republic’s command structure in broad daylight. The operation, which military analysts say closely follows the “centers of gravity” air power theory refined by retired Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula during the 1991 Gulf War, appeared designed to decapitate senior leadership and neutralize Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal before expanding to secondary targets.
Tomahawks, Stealth, and Shock: How the Iran Air Campaign Is Built to Win Fast – Summary and Key Points
-In the early hours of February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched Operation Lion’s Roar and Operation Epic Fury—coordinated strikes across Iran aimed at missile infrastructure, air defenses, naval assets, IRGC nodes, and elements of Tehran’s nuclear program.
U.S. Air Force Maj. Joshua “Cabo” Gunderson, F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team commander and pilot, performs during the Orlando Air and Space Show at the Orlando Sanford International Airport, Florida, Oct.
What use to Iran is Hizballah in the event of all-out war against the regime? In principle, a great deal. In practice, not so much. The ongoing U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran raises not only what would happen to and be done by Iran, but also the very future and existence of its crown jewel proxy, Hizballah in Lebanon. Almost any conceivable scenario that emerges from this confrontation represents a threat rather than an opportunity for Hizballah, further destabilizing the group and forcing it on the defensive.It has been a difficult couple of years for Hizballah.
On the night of April 1, 1980, two CIA officers flew Maj. John T. Carney Jr., a U.S. Air Force Combat Controller, to a small strip of road in the South Khorasan Province, Iran. This location would live in special operations infamy forever, by its code name: Desert One.
Major Carney installed infrared lights, a strobe for use as landing lights, and tested the ground, which was hard-packed sand. By this time, Iranian students had already held 52 American diplomats and other embassy personnel hostage for 149 days.
The U.S. military was determined to get them out.
Cold weather combat is the great equalizer. Just ask Napoleon or Hitler how their winter campaigns in Russia went. With increased focus on the strategic importance of the Arctic and the entry of Finland and Sweden to NATO, it’s more important than ever to ensure that infantry small arms function reliably in the cold and snow.
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Summary and Key Points: The Air Force is accelerating the B-21 Raider program by boosting annual production capacity by 25 percent, backed by $4.5 billion in supplemental funding, to start fielding operational bombers in 2027 at Ellsworth.
-Yet officials still hold to the public baseline of “at least 100” aircraft, even as the production line speeds up and some reporting suggests rates could reach about eight per year.
A second B-21 Raider test aircraft takes off, Sept. 11, from Palmdale, Calif., to join the Air Force’s flight test campaign at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Randall Fowler, Providence
Rather than Iraq in 2003 or Iran a half century before that, a better point of comparison to today would be the final years of the Iran-Iraq War.
Mani Nouri, RealClearDefense
There are defining moments in history that a window of opportunity opens to do the right thing at the right time to change the course of history.