#iranian-f-14-tomcats

#iranian-f-14-tomcats

Giulio Douhet proposed a revolution in warfare, stating that victory would come from large-scale aerial bombardments targeting civilians and infrastructure rather than just combatants.

The deployment came under a collective defence agreement signed in September 2025, which commits each country to treat an attack on the other as an attack on itself.

While I understand the tactical necessity of taking them out, I'm also filled with sadness at their demise. The F-14 defined my military career.

The attacks are part of the IRGC's recent operations against Amazon data centres in Dubai and other strategic centres in the region. Amazon and Microsoft in these operations has dealt a serious blow to the enemy's technological and information infrastructure.

Claims that elite Western F-16 pilots are secretly patrolling Ukraine's skies have sent shockwaves through defence circles - but Kyiv insists it's all Ukrainian pilots in action, and no, Tom Cruise is not starring as Maverick over the skies of Ukraine. Reports from French outlet Intelligence Online suggested a top-secret international squadron of US and Dutch veterans was deployed on temporary contracts to intercept Russian drones and missiles using advanced Lockheed Martin targeting pods. But Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat hit back, calling the reports "just rumours" from a source of dubious reputation.

CENTCOM's Task Force Scorpion Strike-for the first time in history-is using one-way attack drones in combat during Operation Epic Fury. These low-cost drones, modeled after Iran's Shahed drones, are now delivering American-made retribution.

More than 1,000 drones a high proportion of which are likely to be Shahed 136s have targeted Iran's Gulf neighbours since the US and Israel first attacked Tehran on Saturday morning. On Monday afternoon, the UAE said it had been attacked by 689 drones and had downed 645 meaning 44 drones, a little over 6% of the total, got through.

The U.S. military has fired more than 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles in four weeks of war with Iran, burning through the precision weapons at a rate that has alarmed some Pentagon officials.

We are aware of reports that a US F-35 aircraft conducted an emergency landing at a regional US airbase after flying a combat mission over Iran. The aircraft landed safely, and the pilot is in stable condition. This incident is under investigation.

The images, collected on Monday by the US spatial intelligence firm Vantor and obtained by Business Insider, show visible wreckage of at least two F-14 Tomcats on the apron at the 8th Tactical Air Base in Isfahan, a city in central Iran. The base is a hub for the Iranian Air Force's fleet of vintage F-14s.

Two jets out of the four sent to Qatar have been allocated specifically to help Bahrain intercept incoming drones, as the US-Israel war with Iran has entered its second week. It comes as Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper landed in Saudi Arabia on Thursday amid continued concern about Iranian threats to the Strait of Hormuz - a key artery for commercial shipping.

Last night, they shot down two UAVs approaching the camp. However, several UAVs did impact the camp. We are seeing increasing coordination in those attacks. A number of other UAVs did impact the camp, but there were no British casualties. Their operations have therefore been fairly continuous since the situation began.

A US Navy F-35 stealth fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone on Tuesday that was flying toward an American aircraft carrier with "unclear intent," the US military confirmed to Business Insider. The incident, which occurred over the Arabian Sea, comes as the US has positioned nearly a dozen warships in the Middle East and tensions between the Trump administration and Iran are running high.

Three U.S. fighter jets, F-15E Strike Eagles involved in the operation against Iran, were shot down mistakenly by Kuwait's air defenses in "an apparent friendly fire incident," the U.S. military's Central Command said. All six crew members "ejected safely," were recovered and were in stable condition, Centcom said.

Within 36 hours, the regime had hit every member of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a group of Arab states close to the U.S., including at multiple international airports and at least three active ports, crippling international travel and disrupting oil shipments. The strikes also tore through residential towers, luxury hotels and roads.

The United States administration is intensifying its build-up of a vast array of military assets in the Middle East, as President Donald Trump says Iran has 10 to 15 days at most to agree a deal over its nuclear programme and stock of ballistic missiles. As well as the world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, which is reportedly joining the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group in the Arabian Sea, key force multipliers such as E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft have been deployed.