Explosions reported in Dubai moments ago
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 28, 2026
LMCane said:
Trump gets credit but it was the Israelis who took the targeting of the Iranian leadership while the Americans took the military targets.
which makes sense for domestic US legislation to not target foreign leaders
The first 24 hours were Israel. The next 24 hours are America.
— Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86) February 28, 2026
Here is the force architecture that is now activating and what it is designed to do in sequence.
Phase one already happened. Eleven F-22 Raptors from Ovda entered Iranian airspace invisible to whatever air defenses… https://t.co/qbz8DDvsxT pic.twitter.com/oJQBA7gZX8
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The first 24 hours were Israel. The next 24 hours are America.
Here is the force architecture that is now activating and what it is designed to do in sequence.
Phase one already happened. Eleven F-22 Raptors from Ovda entered Iranian airspace invisible to whatever air defenses survived June 2025. Their mission was not to bomb. Their mission was to map every radar emission, destroy every surface-to-air battery that powered up, and create corridors of absolute silence through which everything that follows can pass undetected. This is what F-22s did to Russian S-300s in Venezuela. No interceptor fired. The entire network went dark. Iran's rebuilt air defenses likely suffered the same fate in the opening minutes.
Phase two is now. The USS Gerald R. Ford sits off Haifa with a full carrier air wing. Its position is not offensive. It is a tripwire. Any Iranian missile that crosses Israeli airspace passes through the Ford's Aegis radar envelope. An attack on Israel is now automatically an attack in the vicinity of an American carrier strike group. That is not an accident. That is the legal and operational trigger for full American engagement under self-defense. The USS Abraham Lincoln holds station in the Gulf of Oman, 850 kilometers from Iran's southern coast, with a second full air wing and escort destroyers carrying 300 plus Tomahawk cruise missiles between them.
Phase three comes overnight. Six F-16CM Block 50s confirmed at Diego Garcia. These are Wild Weasel variants, built specifically to hunt and kill radar systems. They extend the suppression campaign that the F-22s began. Behind them at Diego Garcia sit the assets that end this: B-2 Spirit stealth bombers carrying GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, the 30,000 pound bombs designed for one purpose on earth, punching through the reinforced concrete and mountain rock protecting Fordow.
113 additional fighters sit at European bases ready for deployment. F-35As, F-15E Strike Eagles, and more F-16s. Fifty fifth-generation stealth aircraft have been added to the theater in the last 72 hours alone. Fourteen tankers at Ben Gurion keep everything airborne. The logistics tail from 270 C-17 transport flights is now feeding a machine that can sustain high-intensity operations for weeks.
Iran's retaliation hit one civilian in Abu Dhabi with debris. America's next phase will hit Fordow with penetrators that were designed during the Obama administration for exactly this moment.
The UK denied Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford for strike operations. It does not matter. The B-2 can fly from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, refuel over the Atlantic, deliver its payload over Isfahan, and return without landing. It has done this before. It needs no permission from any country between takeoff and impact.
The first day was the scalpel. The next day is the hammer. And the hammer does not need a runway in anyone else's country to swing.
Explosions now reported in Qatar, major Iranian attack ongoing.
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 28, 2026
waitwhat? said:TAMUallen said:
So many videos of the celebrations coming out!BREAKING:
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) February 28, 2026
In Tehran, people are cheering and celebrating amid reports of Khamenei's death. pic.twitter.com/KfauCNdON8
We've also seen videos of Iranians celebrating after 9/11 and chanting Death To America. What're the chances these celebratory videos are propaganda?
Let’s see who grieves for that garbage. https://t.co/uhHpyXL7bR
— U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) February 28, 2026
Pacifico said:2wealfth Man said:
Somebody in Iran or their proxies supremely f'd up when they ordered that October 2023 attack on Israel. this is the end game to that day. They unleashed a raging animal in Israel for sure.
FAFO.
Gotta run to shelter. pic.twitter.com/jFof7EDZU4
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) February 28, 2026
❗️ Israel obtained visual evidence showing Khamenei's body; PM Netanyahu already viewed it.
— Israel Radar (@IsraelRadar_com) February 28, 2026
Iranian leader's body was reportedly riddled with holes; it was found in the rubble of his bunker after massive Israeli strike.
via N12 News https://t.co/bAlrggMoOz
UPDATE: More tankers towards #FreeIran
— DefenceGeek 🇬🇧 (@DefenceGeek) February 28, 2026
--- Operation LION & SUN / ROARING LION / EPIC FURY ---
Per @ArmchairAdml, there are in fact up to 11 new KC-135R "Stratotanker" aircraft on the move from 2 bases in the US towards EUCOM/CENTCOM this evening (brackets indicate airbase…
Ayatollah To Give Speech As Soon As Officials Find The Rest Of His Body https://t.co/SAhWHkQ6lr pic.twitter.com/T1cxsqJZzS
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 28, 2026
tio said:
Looks like Iran is unloading on Israel now
2wealfth Man said:
Somebody in Iran or their proxies supremely f'd up when they ordered that October 2023 attack on Israel. this is the end game to that day. They unleashed a raging animal in Israel for sure.
Bahrain also targeted
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 28, 2026
The US President has said that for 47 years, the United States hasn't been able to eliminate the Islamic Republic. That is a good confession. I say, " You, too, will not be able to do this."
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) February 17, 2026
TAMUallen said:
Supposedly Iran is shooting missiles at Saudi oil fields if what FoxNews has is correct info. That'd be an insane escalation
BREAKING 🔴
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) February 28, 2026
Tel Aviv looks like it got hit either by direct hit or shrapnel pic.twitter.com/Ixo1efvWSV
Mr @NYCMayor,
— ثنا ابراهیمی | Sana Ebrahimi (@__Injaneb96) February 28, 2026
I say it as an Iranian New Yorker: You are a human garbage.
When our people were getting slaughtered and hunted like animals by the Islamic Republic terrorists, you stayed silent. You didn't say a word. Now that the regime, the murderers of our people are under… https://t.co/6OeFoMlh4I
https://t.co/milvCtNSMY pic.twitter.com/nwYjwR0Nbf
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) February 28, 2026
2wealfth Man said:
That last multi country missile attack was coordinated (at least in the launch sequences being at the same time); seems they still have some command and control capabilities
IRGC going to get hit very hard soon.
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) February 28, 2026
A new wave coming soon.
The Bulgarian Defence Minister has issued a statement confirming that “Bulgaria was not involved in the strikes on Iran”. 🇧🇬
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) February 28, 2026
Ayatollah To Give Speech As Soon As Officials Find The Rest Of His Body https://t.co/SAhWHkQ6lr pic.twitter.com/T1cxsqJZzS
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 28, 2026