Diago Garcia is UK sovereign territory - seeing US naval and aircraft there is a SIGNAL. You will see B1's mobilize towards CENCTOM AOR days.
That was a rescue mission, not a planned territorial occupation. The unit's objective in that situation is to recover its personnel as quickly as possible, abandoning or destroying equipment if necessary. The priority is the safety of the personnel, not the equipment.
Date | No. of Targets | Military Targets | Source |
09/06/2026 | Not stated | - | |
26/06/2026 | Not stated | ”Missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites.” | |
27/06/2026 | 10 | ”Military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities.” | |
07/07/2026 | 80 | ”Air defense systems, command and control networks, coastal radar sites, anti-ship missile capabilities, and more than 60 IRGC small boats.” | |
08/07/2026 | 90 | ”Air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone storage sites, naval capabilities, and military logistics infrastructure.” | |
11/07/2026 | 140 | ”Missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, ammunition storage facilities, communication networks, and coastal surveillance locations.” | |
12/07/2026 | ”Dozens" | "Military air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats.” | |
13/07/2026 | Not stated | ”Military targets across Iran including Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa, and Bandar Abbas.” | |
14/07/2026 | Not stated | ”Missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, and coastal defense systems.” | |
15/07/2026 | 2 separate waves | ”Coastal defense systems and cruise missile storage and launch sites. | Command centers, air defense sites, missile and drone capabilities, and coastal surveillance facilities.” | |
16/07/2026 | Not stated | ”Military targets such as coastal surveillance and air defense sites, military logistics infrastructure, and maritime capabilities.” | |
17/07/2026 | Not stated | ”Surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities.” | |
18/07/2026 | Not stated | ”Military coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites.” | |
19/07/2026 | Not stated | ”Military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and communications networks.” | |
20/07/2026 | Not stated | ”Military command centers, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems.” |
The Iranians have advanced missile technology," said Jordanian Lt. Gen. Qasid Mahmoud, who served as Deputy Chief of Staff for his country's armed forces before he retired. "They're developing techniques and capacities to extend their reach, combining with drones to overwhelm radar defenses."
Fair points but any land occupation is inherently vulnerable to Iranian drone and missile strikes (even FPV strikes from 10-60km away). We saw this very clearly in Hezbollah's repeated strikes against IDF occupied military bases in small stretches of south Lebanon. Would the US be less vulnerable in occupying such a comparatively vast amount of land in Iran than the Israelis in south Lebanon? I don't think there is compelling evidence for this. Remember Trump also hates Iran for helping the Iraqis resist American occupation and killing 600+ US soldiers there.
In which bases?
Lakenheath brother all F15's fly out of Lakenheath and likely this information is incomplete - the US have stationed their aircraft around Romania, Bulgaria, Israel and Jordan. We know that there are F22's stationed in Israel from previous tracks.
thanks, so 51 F-35s and 36 F-15s are not currently based in Jordan?
