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The U.S. Air Force has put out a request for a new air defense missile system to defend the service's installations against cruise missiles and drones.

The discussions at the White House came days before a planned meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. Across the region, Iran and the United States continued to trade attacks.

The threat led the Secret Service to urge President Trump to fly out of Turkey on the old plane, raising questions about the security of the Qatari-donated jet.

Fox News' Laura Ingraham said Friday that reporting detailing how an Iranian threat forced President Donald Trump not to use his gifted Qatari jet undercuts his claims on the war in the region, declaring,

President Trump saluted the flag draped caskets of four American service members killed in the Iran war during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base today, calling it one of the hardest parts of his presidency.

Kuwait's armed forces say they have again intercepted rockets and drones fired from Iran. Any explosion sounds heard were the result of interceptions, the military said in a statement on X on

After weathering five months of airstrikes, the IRGC's strategy to deny the US Air Force safe harbor at runways across the region still shows lethal progress.