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Crazy footage obtained Wednesday from outside RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, showing ground crewmembers with the U.S. Air Force, in full view of the public, unloading missile delivery systems from and loading GBU-31 2,000lb Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) onto [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Reports of an unknown oil tanker currently engulfed in flames off the coast of Basra in Southern Iraq. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Reports of an unknown oil tanker currently engulfed in flames off the coast of Basra in Southern Iraq. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

F/A-18E/F Super Hornets assigned to Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) carry out daytime flight operations onboard the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) in the Northern Red Sea, in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 7, 2026. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Video footage shows the moment that several cluster munitions from an Iranian medium-range ballistic missile impacted this morning in Central Israel. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Footage published Sunday by the Saudi Ministry of Defense showing F-15D Eagles and Eurofighter Typhoons with the Royal Saudi Air Force downing Iranian one-way attack drones, most appearing to be Shahed-136s, in the last week over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Video showing strikes earlier tonight against Mehrabad International Airport in the Iranian capital of Tehran, with strikes by Israel and/or the United States targeting civil infrastructure and aircraft at the airport, including at least one Boeing 747. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Video showing U.S. air defense systems engaging Iranian missiles over Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, as Iran continues to strike U.S. bases and infrastructure located in partner nations across the region. Per the last CENTCOM update, damage so far to U.S. bases and infrastructure [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Footage showing what appears to be an exoatmospheric ballistic missile interception, likely by a U.S. Army THAAD or U.S. Navy SM-3, earlier over Northeastern Syria near the border with Turkey. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the Iranian ballistic missile was attempting to target [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Sgt. Brian McGinnis seen being manhandled and having his arm visibly broken by officers with the U.S. Capitol Police assisted by Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT), after McGinnis interrupted a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Fighter aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9), including F-35C Lightning lls, F/A-18E Super Hornets, and EA-18G Growlers, take off from the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) in the Arabian Sea for strikes against Iran in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 2, 2026. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Newly released video shows locals in Kuwait approaching and offering to help one of the pilots of one of the U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles that was downed this morning in a “friendly fire” incident over Kuwait. “Are you fine?” “Yes.” “You need something to help you?” [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Kuwaiti locals aggressively confront and come close to attacking one of the crewmembers of a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle shot down in a “friendly fire” incident Monday over Kuwait, until he finally tells them he is an American. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Locals in Iraq appear to have recovered a crashed and almost entirely intact Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS), an American copy of the Iranian Shahed-136 Attack Drone, which is confirmed to have been used recently by Task Force Scorpion Strike during U.S. attacks on [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Another angle of this morning’s crash of an apparent shot down F-15 by “friendly fire” over Kuwait. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Another angle of this morning’s crash of an apparent shot down F-15 by “friendly fire” over Kuwait. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Both the Pilot and Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) onboard the U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle that crashed this morning over Kuwait due to a “friendly fire” incident, appear to have survived, being found by locals and transferred to local authorities in Kuwait. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Hundreds of Iranians seen cheering in the streets and celebratory gunfire heard in Isfahan, Central Iran, following the reported elimination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

The Israeli Defense Force has published a video showing an attack on an Iranian military emplacement during the joint U.S./Israeli attack earlier this morning. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

An Iranian ballistic missile has reportedly hit the Palm Hotel & Resort in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The UAE does host some U.S. forces south of Dubai near Abu Dhabi at Al Dhafrah Air Base. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has announced the beginning of Operation True Promise 4 is underway against the U.S. and Israel following the attack this morning. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Video from northern Israel showing what appears to be Israeli air defense working to intercept incoming Iranian missiles. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Additional footage from downtown Tehran after Israeli preemptive strikes against Iran. No confirmation on whether or not this was a unilateral Israeli action or a joint U.S.-Israeli one. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Israel is confirmed to have launched “preemptive strikes” this morning against Iran. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

After seen departing yesterday from Crete Naval Base in Souda Bay, Greece, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and several of her escorts reportedly arrived this morning off the coast of Haifa in Northern Israel, which is likely to be her final position to assist with the Defense of [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro performs a “perp walk” after deplaning earlier tonight at New York Stewart International Airport. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth spoke about Iran and Venezuela during today’s Cabinet Meeting alongside President Donald J. Trump and other senior members of the Trump Administration: “Same thing with Iran right now, ensuring that they have all the options to make a [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Heavy gunfire and explosions reported within the last hour around Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

The Chinese Ministry of National Defense announces that an investigation has been launched into Gen. Zhang Youxia, the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, and Gen. Liu Zhenli, the Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission and [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

The Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome H. Powell, has released a statement confirming that the Justice Department under President Trump has launched an investigation into his testimony in front of the Senate Banking Committee, stating, “This new threat of criminal charges is [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

“Iran wants to negotiate, yes. We may meet with them - I mean a meeting is being set up - but we may have to act, because of what’s happening, before the meeting. But a meeting is being set up, Iran called they want to negotiate.” [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

The Syrian Army, supported by tanks and armored vehicles, has launched a major operation tonight against Kurdish-controlled neighborhoods in Aleppo, reportedly clearing a majority of paramilitary forces supported by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Footage of Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro entering the DEA Building earlier in New York City, telling bystanders “Goodnight” and wishing them a “Happy New Year.” [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Footage from a vantage point over the city, showing multiple explosions across the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Footage showing a massive explosion earlier at Higuerote Airport in the State of Miranda, Northern Venezuela, with the secondary explosions and fire suggesting a strike against a surface-to-air missile launcher with the Venezuelan Air Force. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Footage which appears to show U.S. Army CH-47G “Chinook” Special Operations Helicopters, likely with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), over the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Multiple secondary explosions seen, while flames and smoke emanate from the Port of Caracas in Venezuela. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Multiple fires are currently burning at the Tuapse Oil Refinery in the Southwestern Russian city of Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai near the coast of the Black Sea, following several drone strikes in the past hour by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Russian channels are reporting that large portions of Moscow are currently without power, amidst a large-scale drone attack currently underway against the Russian capital by Ukraine. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Insane footage shows a bystander attacking and disarming one of the terrorists, who appears to have been armed with a long rifle, during today’s shooting attack on an event celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Thai Soldiers with the 112th Mechanized Infantry Brigade advance through the fog alongside M1126 “Stryker” Infantry Fighting Vehicles near the border with Cambodia. [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Forces of the Royal Thai Army, supported by M1126 “Stryker” Infantry Fighting Vehicles, advance into a residential area near the border in Northern Cambodia as fighting escalates between the two countries, with a soldier seen laying down suppressing fire using an M2 Browning [ 网页链接 ↗ ]