According to U.S. Chief of Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper, more than 50,000 soldiers participate in Operation Epic Fury, about 200 combat aircraft, 2 aircraft carriers and strategical bombers. US forces have so far attacked nearly 2,000 targets in Iran. Also, an Israeli F-35I fighter shot down another manned aircraft for the first time in history.
The list of hit objects includes command points, air defence systems, ballistic rocket launchers and atomic infrastructure. Impacts were utilized among others. B-2 bombers And B-1.
According to the U.S. Command, Iran's naval capabilities have been severely weakened. According to Cooper, 17 Iranian ships have been destroyed since the start of the operation, including 1 of the most crucial submarines. As the Pentagon claims, now in the Persian Gulf, Ormuz Strait And the Gulf of Oman no longer operates an Iranian naval unit.
Armed actions moved outside the mediate East. In the morning, respective kilometers from the coast of Sri Lanka, the Iranian rocket frigate IRIS "Dena" kind Moudge sank. According to the Lankian authorities, citing reports of rescued sailors, he was hit by a torpedo by an American submarine. Until now, at least 32 of 182 crew members have been taken from the water, the others are considered missing and the rescue action continues. The unit resided in the Indian Ocean as it had previously participated in the global Fleet Review 2026 in the Bay of Bengal.
‘Friendly fire’ from another aircraft
Israeli Defence Forces reported that during the ongoing offensives against Iran Israel's air force has already dropped over 4,000 bombs and hit about 300 Iranian rocket launchers. According to the army spokesperson Efi Defrin, this number exceeds the scale of the strokes from the 12-day Israeli-Iran War in 2025. Since the start of operations, Israeli aircraft have made about 1.6 1000 combat flights, leading, as the army emphasizes, round-the-clock strikes on ballistic rocket systems, weapons retention facilities and elements of Iran's anti-aircraft defense.
Tehran responded with retaliation. According to U.S. data, Iran has so far fired over 500 ballistic missiles and utilized over 2,000 combat drones against targets in the region.
During operations in the air the Israeli F-35I Adir fighter shot down the Iranian school-fighting aircraft like-130. According to Israeli aviation, this is the first always case of a manned aircraft being shot down by this version of the F-35 fighter. Iran utilized armed Jako-130 to fight Israeli and American drones and maneuvering missiles. The aircraft were equipped with air-to-air rockets R-73E and their patrols were observed, among others, over Tehran.
The following events appear on Monday, erstwhile 3 American F-15E fighters were knocked down over Kuwait. According to the first reports, the machines fell victim to a “friendly fire” volley launched from the Patriot launcher. On the another hand, the "Wall Street Journal", citing sources acquainted with the first reports, reports that aircraft could have been mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti F/A-18 Hornet fighter, who reacted to airspace breach by Iranian unmanned aircraft. The pilot was expected to launch 3 air-to-air missiles. According to the report, the incidental occurred during an emergency consequence to Iranian drones; 1 of them was about to hit a military base in Kuwait earlier, causing the deaths of six American soldiers.
Poland is preparing to evacuate
The planet of politics is responding to another conflict in the mediate East. In fresh hours, the French president Emmanuel Macron referred to the escalation. In his message to the nation, he estimated that Iran's primary work for the current situation was assumed by Iran, which develops the atomic program and rocket possible and supports armed organizations in the region, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, Huti in Yemen, and Shiite militias in Iraq. At the same time, Macro stressed that American-Israeli strikes were carried out outside the framework of global law.
France has strengthened its military presence in the region. Rafale aircraft and air defence systems to defend allied airspace have been targeted. A frigate of ‘Languedoc’ was besides sent to Cyprus, and the carrier ‘Charles de Gaulle’ took a course towards the Mediterranean.
According to the French authorities, there are about 400,000 French citizens in 12 mediate East countries, including those with dual citizenship. Paris began organizing return flights for those wishing to leave the region.
Poland is besides preparing to evacuate. Prime Minister Donald Tusk reported that for respective days now there has been a squad coordinating relief actions for citizens in the region. Government and military aircraft stay at their disposal, but decisions to usage them will depend on safety and logistical capabilities.
The chief of government announced that a medical flight to Oman was first scheduled to take people requiring urgent assistance. At the same time, the Prime Minister called for people with no urgent request to refrain from travelling to the mediate East due to the fact that the situation in the region remains unstable.
