Outside of China, no other country in the world has a “cutting edge” Air Force that can go toe to toe with US. Not Russia, Not India, Not Pakistan, Not France, Not Turkey.
Also there is the matter of keeping air bases safe and secure, once again none of these countries would be able to keep their air bases operating long against 1000+ sorties a day by USAF. Only China because it has a massive land mass and hundreds (thousands?) of airports and runways, so it’s impossible for US to suppress them all.
Again, you have to play smart in such overwhelming firepower. That means absorb and continue to tire your opponent out. Like fighting Mike Tyson in boxing, if you try to go brute force head to head you are gonna get smoked. The only chance you got against Tyson is to wear him out until he is exhausted.
Same tactics apply here. All Iran needs to do is survive to October and continue to pepper US bases with attacks here and there. By October the world will be in a energy crisis caused by depleting the oil reserves and refined fuel shortages due to Strait of Hormuz being closed and Ukraine attacks on Russian energy.