By The Epoch Times | Created at 2026-07-20 00:26:14 | Updated at 2026-08-05 09:13:27
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In this U.S. Navy-released handout, an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14, prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury at sea on March 1, 2026. U.S. Navy via Getty Images
The United States military launched a new round of airstrikes against Iran, the military announced on Sunday.
“CENTCOM began conducting a new wave of strikes against Iran at 7 p.m. ET today for the ninth consecutive night,” U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) wrote in a post on X. “The strikes will continue degrading Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz.”
The U.S. military on July 19 said that an American service member was killed in Iraq in an attempt to detonate an Iranian drone, the third service member to die in recent days.
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