Operation Midnight Hammer

US Air Force pilots lack sufficient sortie experience for combat operations - report

MIAS expert John Venable noted that the pilot shortage facing the US military is anecdotally 4,000 open slots, though the official number is 2,000.

A USAF Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor flies during the Oshkosh Airshow on July 20, 2026 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
 A model of a centrifuge is displayed during the 46th anniversary of the U.S. expulsion from Iran, in Tehran, November 4, 2025

Danger remains real despite Israeli wins against Iranian nukes, sources tell 'Post'

US President Donald Trump speaks as he hosts a back-to-school-themed event to highlight his administration's education policies, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, August 24, 2026; illustrative.

Trump: All mines cleared from Hormuz, Space Force watching nuclear sites, strait

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters mid-flight in the press cabin of the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One after changing planes to return to Washington from RAF Mildenhall, Britain, July 8, 2026.

In his desperate search for a Middle East victory, Trump confuses tactics with strategy - opinion


Israel had a decisive victory in the war against Iran, now it's time for one in Gaza – opinion

Now is not the time to rush headlong into a ceasefire with Hamas that will bring neither immediate hostage release nor long-term security to Israel, nor real relief to Palestinians.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz attend a meeting of the Knesset plenum earlier this month. Now is not the time to rush headlong into a ceasefire with Hamas, the writer argues.

Netanyahu interested in meeting Trump in coming weeks, sources tell 'Post'

Regarding hostage negotiations, the Post reported that the idea of exiling senior Hamas officials and other terrorists from Gaza has recently resurfaced in discussions.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office last month.

Israel won the war, Iran lost it: Here's why the world is much safer for it – opinion

Operation Rising Lion exposed and humiliated the Islamic Republic, leaving the world a much safer place.

 Smoke rises following an Israeli attack on a Tehran oil refinery, on June 15, 2025.

Trump 'destroyed Iran’s nuclear capabilities' in Operation Midnight Hammer, Hegseth says

The Pentagon held a news conference to directly respond to a US Defense Intelligence Agency report that suggested that Iran's nuclear program was only set back a few months.

 U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing at the Pentagon, after the U.S. struck Iranian nuclear facilities, during the Israel-Iran conflict, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 22, 2025

Send a clear message to Tehran: The proxy warfare must end - opinion

Jerusalem and Washington must send an unequivocal message to Tehran that the era of proxy warfare is over and that attacks by proxies will be met with retaliation against Iran.

 PROTESTERS, MOSTLY Houthi supporters, sit along an Iranian flag at a demonstration in support of Palestinians and Iran, in Sanaa last week. Aggression by proxies such as the Houthis must be treated as direct Iranian attacks, says the writer.

The danger of politicizing intelligence about the damage to Iran’s nuke program - analysis

The focus should be on giving Israeli and US intelligence agencies all the resources and support they need to find out the truth: what survived - and to track it so that it can be destroyed too.

 Satellite image shows a close up view of destroyed buildings at Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center, after it was hit by US airstrikes, in Isfahan, Iran, June 22, 2025.

Who are the real winners and losers of Israel's 12-day war with Iran? - opinion

Based on what can be objectively and openly assessed, Israel and the United States achieved overwhelming success at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels.

 Iran and Israel flags on geopolitical map.

Meet the bird that inspired the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber that struck Iran's nuclear sites

Thanks to biomimicry—the imitation of nature—the B-2 can almost vanish from radar screens. Its shape, combined with whisper-quiet gliding, borrowed from the falcon’s own aerial agility.

 The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber plane that struck Iran was inspired by a falcon.

Pentagon says US strikes set Iran nuclear back months, White House denies assessment

UK purchasing fighter jets capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons • IRGC deny reports of Tabriz drone attack • EU calls Israel, Iran to negotiate

 EMS services inspect the damage from an Iranian missile impact on a building in central Israel, June 13, 2025.

‘America First’ meets Mideast: What Trump's strikes on Iran means for US foreign policy - opinion

Amid rising tensions in the Middle East and Iran’s regional assertiveness, a partial retreat from US isolationism has emerged.

 STEVE BANNON speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, in February. He had warned that a US strike in Iran would tear America apart, states the writer.