A U.S. Air Force MH-60G “Pave Hawk” Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Helicopter spotted this morning over the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province of Southern Iran, after reports began to circulate of a downed F-15E Strike Eagle.
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Iran’s state-run Mehr News Agency calls on Iranian civilians to help capture the pilot and weapons officer of an American F-15E Strike Eagle that was allegedly shot down this morning over Southern Iran.
A U.S. Air Force HC-130J “Combat King II” Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Aircraft seen flying extremely low over the countryside of Southern Iran, as the search continues for the crew of a downed American F-15E Strike Eagle.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has issued a new memo to base commanders across the force directing them to allow War Department personnel to request to carry privately owned firearms while in their nonofficial duty capacity on DOW property within the United States.
Footage of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Bulkeley engaging Iranian ballistic missiles last Friday using its SM-3 interceptors.
Footage of an Iranian ballistic missile hitting the Israeli city of Petah Tikva tonight.
NASA has published some of the best footage yet showing yesterday’s launch of Artemis ll, the first manned mission to the Moon since the 1970s, lifting off from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Brevard County, Florida.
In addition to U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is also removing and forcing the retirement of Gen. David M. Hodne, a Former Army Ranger who leads the Army Transformation and Training Command (T2COM), and Maj. Gen. William Green Jr., the Chief of the Army’s Chaplain Corps, as Hegseth and his team escalate their long-running feud with Secretary of the Army Daniel P. Driscoll, who reports indicate may soon be departing the Trump Administration.


Jared Wise, a Former FBI Agent who was prosecuted for his role in the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021, with him filmed telling other rioters to kill police officers protecting the Capitol, and who was later pardoned and given a position in the Trump Administration’s Justice Department, today announced his resignation as counselor to Pardon Attorney Ed Martin at the U.S. Department of Justice.


Roughly half of Iran’s missile launchers are still intact and thousands of one-way attack drones remain in Iran’s arsenal, despite the daily pounding by US and Israeli strikes, according to U.S. intelligence - CNN
U.S. President Donald J. Trump says that the military “hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran,” stating that bridges and electrical power plants are next and Iran’s “New Regime leadership knows what has to be done, and has to be done, FAST!”


White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on President Trump:
"You always want to be the most well-read person in the room, and I try to be every day. But Donald Trump always is, he never misses a story…no idea how he does it”
U.S. intelligence assesses that Iran still maintains a significant missile launching capability, including roughly half of its cruise and ballistic launchers, as well as thousands of one-way attack drones, despite daily strikes against military targets across Iran for the last five weeks by Israel and the United States, three sources familiar with the assessment told CNN.


🚨According to CBS News, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down and retire immediately, though the circumstances remain unclear.
Separately, Reuters reports that Hegseth has also dismissed Gen. David Hodne, who leads the Army’s Transformation and Training Command, as well as Maj. Gen. William Green.


Following today’s removal of Pam Bondi as U.S. Attorney General and last month’s replacement of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, several people familiar with the White House’s plans tell The Atlantic there are active discussions about other senior officials soon leaving the Trump Administration, including FBI Director Kash Patel, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.


Macron responds to Trump:
His remarks are neither elegant nor up to the standard.
French President Macron told Trump:
"We must be serious. And when we are serious, we do not say the opposite of what we said the day before. Perhaps we should not speak every day; we should simply calm things down and build lasting peace."
Donald Trump said in a post earlier today that the United States carried out a strike on Iran’s B-1 bridge in Karaj on Thursday and warned of further attacks on Iranian infrastructure.
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The 41st Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, Gen. Randy George, has been asked to step down from the post and retire immediately by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who wants someone in the role who will implement his and President Trump “vision” for the Army, sources tell CBS News. Vice Chief of a Staff of the Army, Gen. Christopher LaNeve, who was formerly Hegseth’s military aide, will serve as Acting Army Chief of Staff until a successor to Gen. George is approved by the Senate.


Donald J. Trump:
“We have Iran’s nuclear sites under intense satellite surveillance and control. If we see any movement—even the slightest attempt—we’ll strike again with force. We have all the cards, and they have none.”
The remarks align with statements from his recent address, where he emphasized ongoing satellite monitoring of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure and warned of further strikes if activity is detected.