Controlling the skies: IDF, US close to air supremacy over Iran after dropping 1,200 bombs

Once air supremacy is established, it will increase both Israel's and the US's ability to target a wider range of targets and to help anti-regime protesters.

Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei killed in strike, state media confirms

Smoke rises from a govnerment building in Tehran after the IDF conducted a round of strikes, March 1, 2026.
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Smoke rises following an explosion, after Israel and the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, February 28, 2026.

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He also noted that 300 British troops had been stationed near the military base Iran struck in Bahrain on Saturday, with some of the soldiers being "several hundred yards away."

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