US expected to achieve full air superiority in coming hours, according to senior Israeli officials; coming two weeks will focus on the 'systematic pounding of military targets' in combined US-Israeli effort

Adm. Brad Cooper said American forces have struck nearly 2,000 targets in Iran since start of operation which has "'severely degraded Iran's air defenses' and taken out hundreds of ballistic missiles, launchers and drones 

As Israeli strikes turn Tehran into a near ghost city, residents describe chaos, sleepless nights and flight from major cities; regime opponents briefly celebrated the supreme leader’s death but now warn they cannot topple the system alone amid escalating conflict

Air Force chief says in letter to regular, reserve personnel that 'fighters from Air Force’s special units are currently carrying out extraordinary missions that could ignite the imagination'; In 12-day war ground commando forces operated covertly in Iran

A memo to US diplomats in Israel suggested naming a baby after the ambassador if a child is conceived during shelter-in-place orders

After US jets downed in Kuwait, Israeli planners assume a similar scenario is possible; tight, continuous coordination with Washington enables massive force projection in Iran alongside quieter efforts to dismantle the nuclear program

IDF carries out fresh wave of airstrikes in Tehran targeting command centers linked to Iran’s security forces and the Basij militia

CENTCOM says American forces have struck nearly 2,000 targets in Iran using more than 2,000 munitions, destroying 17 Iranian vessels and launching round-the-clock strikes as Tehran fires hundreds of missiles and drones in retaliation