CENTCOM sends message to Iran—with quote from Israeli rap hit ‘Harbu Darbu’ The U.S. deployment in the region has grown substantially, amid nuclear talks with Iran and the public military threat posed by President Trump. JNS Staff April 15, 2025
US pilots recall defense of Israel against Iranian attack "Three hundred [Iranian] weapons were fired at a target. Only six of them hit. Nobody died. That's defending our allies. We got to be part of something meaningful and impactful," one pilot recalled. JNS Staff April 15, 2025
Israel, US conduct major joint military drill over Mediterranean It marks the most significant collaboration in two years and included dozens of fighter jets, strategic B-52 bombers and refueling aircraft. JNS Staff March 5, 2025
Man on a mission: 100-year-old former air-force pilot writes and directs play for Veterans Day There’s some fiction, some truth” to the text, says Alfred Benjamin of Massachusetts. “I never expected to bring it to life, but I wanted to relay some information about the war.” Carin M. Smilk Nov. 5, 2024
US fighter jets arrive to ‘mitigate’ threat from Iran and its proxies Israel's Security Cabinet is set to meet at military headquarters in Tel Aviv. Aug. 8, 2024
‘US will have difficulty defending Israel against Hezbollah’ The chairman of the Joint Chiefs noted that it is harder to repel the shorter-range munitions used by the Lebanese terror group and warned that Iran could be drawn into the conflict. June 24, 2024
How the US could fry Iran’s nuclear facilities without casualties Microwave missiles are "ready to take out any military target, including nuclear facilities,” says the former chief of the USAF's Microwave Division. April 22, 2024
USAF, IAF launch joint ‘Juniper Oak’ training exercise The drill simulates aerial combat scenarios including attacks deep into enemy territory. July 10, 2023
US Air Force commander: Iran-Russia relationship ‘certainly a concern’ Not only is it a concern to the Pentagon, but it threatens Israel, said Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the top U.S. Air Force commander in the Middle East. Mike Wagenheim June 22, 2023
