On Friday local time, the United States shared an overview of the first seven days of its strike on Iran, which was aimed at “dismantling the Iranian regime’s security apparatus.”
In a quick overview on X, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Operation Epic Fury was launched in Iran at 1:15 a.m. on February 28 at the direction of President Donald Trump.
“CENTCOM forces are targeting targets to disrupt the Iranian regime’s security apparatus, prioritizing locations that pose an imminent threat,” it said. They also shared that over 3,000 targets were hit during those seven days, while up to 43 Iranian ships were damaged or destroyed.
Op Epic Fury Target Types:
- Command and control centers
- IRGC Joint Command
- IRGC Air Force Command
- Integrated air defense systems
- Ballistic missile sites
- Ships of the Iranian Navy
- Submarines of the Iranian Navy
- Anti-ship missile sites
- Military communication skills
Sharing a clip of one of the targeted attack sites, CENTCOM said: “We’re not slowing down.”
In a separate post, X CENTCOM shared images of the USS Abraham Lincoln from March 6 and fact-checked the Iranian regime’s claim of its sinking.
“First, the Iranian regime claimed and re-claimed (five days in a row) that it sank the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Now the regime claims the aircraft carrier miraculously surfaced and ‘left the battlefield’ after ‘encountering Iranian missiles and drones’.” NEED WE SAY MORE?” post read.
US assets used in Iran attack
CENTCOM stated in the X post that the following US assets were used during the first 7 days of Op Epic Fury – the attack on Iran:
- B-1 bombers
- B-2 Stealth bombers
- LUCAS drones
- Patriot Interceptor Missile Systems
- THAAD anti-ballistic missile systems
- F-15 fighters
- F-16 fighters
- F-18 fighters
- F-22 fighter jets
- F-35 Stealth fighter jets
- A-10 attack jets
- EA-18G electronic attack aircraft
- Early warning and control aircraft
- Air communication relay
- P-8 maritime patrol aircraft
- RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft
- Mowers MQ-9
- M-142 highly mobile artillery rocket systems
- Nuclear powered aircraft carriers
- Destroyers with guided missiles
- Counter-Drone Systems
- Refueling aircraft tankers
- Tankers
- C-17 Globemaster cargo plane
- C-130 cargo plane
It said “special capabilities” were also used for the attack, which CENTCOM said could not be specified.
The US-Israeli-Iran War Enters Week 2
The conflict is now set to enter its second week with no clear end in sight.
The US and Israel attack targets in Iran, with Tehran retaliating with drone and missile strikes on neighboring countries that host US military personnel.
US President Donald Trump has called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” and demanded a say in choosing Iran’s new supreme leader to replace Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the war, Reuters reported.
This came hours after Iran’s president announced that unspecified countries had begun mediation efforts. But Reuters reported that Trump’s demand could complicate any fast track to ending the conflict.
Is Iran War Depleting America’s Arms Stockpile?
Trump said earlier on Friday that America’s largest defense makers had agreed to increase production of some weapons after a meeting at the White House, amid concerns that the war against Iran was depleting the Pentagon’s stockpile.
While the meeting indicated the need to speed up production of critical weapons systems, Trump also downplayed the concerns.
“We have a virtually unlimited stockpile of intermediate and intermediate-range munitions, which we use as an example in Iran and more recently in Venezuela. However, regardless, we have also increased orders at those levels,” Trump wrote.
In a statement, the White House also dismissed concerns that ammunition was running low, saying, “The U.S. military has more than enough stockpiles of ammunition, ammunition and weapons to continue to destroy the Iranian regime and achieve the objectives of Operation Epic Fury.”
“Yet President Trump has always been intensely focused on strengthening our military, which is why this meeting with defense contractors was scheduled weeks ago,” it added.
