15 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, and the number is increasing hour by hour. Before the war, around 150 ships transited the strait every 24 hours.

According to Iran’s state-run Fars News Agency, citing a spokesperson for a key unit within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the country is set to unveil “new air defense systems on the battlefield” in response to Israel and the United States. The announcement follows claims that Iran recently shot down a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle and an A-10C Thunderbolt II in the country’s south, while also damaging several other aircraft, including two HH-60W “Jolly Green II” combat search-and-rescue helicopters involved in the recovery mission.

Trump; "Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them. Glory be to GOD!"

The White House has called a lid. President Trump is not expected to appear publicly for the rest of the day as rescue operations continue for a missing crew member from an F-15 shot down over Iran on Friday.

U.S. federal agents have detained the niece and grand-niece of Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. strike ordered by Donald J. Trump in 2020. According to a statement from the U.S. State Department, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after their lawful permanent resident status was revoked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The statement also noted that Rubio terminated the legal status of Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani and her husband Seyed Kalantar Motamedi earlier this month.

Togliatti. Moment a Ukrainian Liutyi drone is shot down during today’s attack on KuibyshevAzot.

Ukrainian attack drones successfully hit a major Russian petrochemical plant in the city of Togliatti overnight, setting multiple areas of the facility ablaze.

The massive USAF airbridge to Europe and the Middle East continued today, with a number of C-5s, C-17s, and KC-135s flowing across the Atlantic.

U.S. A-10 jet shot down by Iranian air defense.

According to The New York Times, citing current and former U.S. officials, an Iranian one-way drone attack last month on the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh caused significantly more damage than previously reported. Officials said the strike penetrated a secure section of the compound, heavily damaging three floors and impacting a station used by the Central Intelligence Agency, while also igniting a fire that burned for several hours. The attack, which took place on March 3, involved a drone that evaded air defenses in Riyadh’s Diplomatic Quarter and struck the embassy. Roughly a minute later, a second drone followed through the same breach and detonated. Additional drones were intercepted later that night, including one believed to be targeting the residence of the senior U.S. diplomat in Saudi Arabia, located nearby.

Reported aftermath of an Iranian drone strike that hit a US Army CH-47 Chinook at Camp Buehring in Kuwait.

Newly released image of a USAF F-16 on an Iran strike mission, carrying WCMD dispensers, likely for air-dropped BLU-91/B anti-vehicle landmines. US forces have been dropping the mines around Iranian missile bases to destroy Iranian mobile launchers.

US/Israeli forces bombed Iranian radio and television broadcast infrastructure on Kolakchal mountain in Tehran tonight.

Iran’s IRGC has closed off a portion of southwest Iran as it hunts for the American WSO who ejected from their stricken F-15E yesterday. US rescue forces and Iranian troops are now in a race to see who can find the American aircrew first in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province.

Iranian operatives have been digging out underground missile bunkers and silos struck by American and Israeli bombs, returning them to operation hours after an attack, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) still retaining a significant amount of its cruise and ballistic missiles as well as mobile launchers, according to recent U.S. intelligence reports shared with The New York Times.

The Pentagon on Friday notified the House Armed Services Committee that the status of the second F-15E Strike Eagle crew member is unknown, a congressional aide said. - NewsNation/The Hill

Multiple strikes have reportedly hit military and infrastructure targets in the western Iranian city of Abadan overnight. The city—located on Abadan Island near the Shatt al-Arab and close to the Iraqi border—has been repeatedly targeted in recent weeks, with previous reports noting explosions near oil facilities and petrochemical sites, underscoring its strategic importance to Iran’s energy and military infrastructure. 

As Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Operations by the U.S. Air Force for a downed F-15E Strike Eagle are actively underway on the ground in Southern Iran, President Trump says in a post on TruthSocial: “With a little more time, we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE. IT WOULD BE A “GUSHER” FOR THE WORLD??? President DONALD J. TRUMP”

Video footage filmed by residents in Southern Iran appears to show a U.S. Air Force HC-130J “Combat King II” Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Aircraft flying low this morning over Southern Iran, with operations likely underway to find and extract the crew of an American F-15E that crashed earlier today in Iran.

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.