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BREAKING: Oil prices officially drop back below $70/barrel, now up just +3.5% on the day.
Oil markets have now erased nearly 70% of their opening move higher.
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CENTCOM Update
TAMPA, Fla. – As of 9:30 am ET, March 1, three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury.
Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being
BREAKING: Israel assesses the assassination was successful; the likelihood that Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei survived the Israeli strike is slim to none - N12
The American bases that were attacked today by Iran:
Bahrain:
• Al-Juffair Base
• U.S. Fifth Fleet Command Center
Qatar:
• Al-Udeid Air Base
Kuwait:
• Arifjan Camp
• Ahmad Al-Jaber Air Base
• Mubarak Air Base
United Arab Emirates:
• Al-Dhafra Air Base
• Jebel Ali Port
• Fujairah Air Base
Saudi Arabia:
• Prince Sultan Air Base in Riyadh
• Tabuk Base
• Khamis Mushait Base
• A western base in Jeddah
Jordan:
• Muwaffaq Salti Air Base
Iraq:
• U.S. base in Erbil
Reports about new Iranian strikes in Bahrain.
Smoke from previous strikes on U.S. Navy NSA Bahrain seen on the left, while smoke from new impacts seen on the right.
USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) is equipped with various weapons, including the Mk.41 VLS, Mk.45 5-inch gun, and Mk.38 25mm chain gun. Frank E. Petersen Jr. recently conducted a Mk.38 live-fire exercise in the Arabian Sea, demonstrating defense capabilities and readiness for
.@POTUS on Iran: "It'd be nicer if we could do it without [the military], but sometimes you have to do it with. We have the greatest military anywhere in the world. There's nothing close. I'd love not to use it, but sometimes you have to. We'll see what happens."
Another 🇺🇸 #USAF Bombardier E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) is heading from CONUS to the Middle East/Europe theater.
The plane is set to join 5 other BACN platforms already deployed in that region. The U.S. Air Force is known to operate 9 of these overall.
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WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT: E-11A BACN is a key enabler for real-time information flow across the battlespace and provision of critical information to all operational echelons, acting as an airborne relay platform. The concentration of 6 such planes in one theater is unprecedented.
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