Iran live updates: White House calls on other nations to secure Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. and Israel have struck over 15,000 targets in Iran since the beginning of their joint military operation, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told reporters Friday.

The U.S. is "decimating" the Iranian military, leaving it with no air defenses, no navy and no air force, according to Hegseth.

"We're shooting down and destroying what missiles they still have in stock, but more importantly, ensuring that they have no ability to make more. Their production lines, their military plants, their defense innovation centers: defeated," Hegseth said at a Pentagon briefing.

President Donald Trump said that the United States is "totally destroying the terrorist regime of Iran, militarily, economically, and otherwise," in a post on social media Friday.

"Iran's Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth," Trump said in his post on Truth Social early Friday. "We have unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition, and plenty of time."

Four crew members were killed when their refueling aircraft "went down" in friendly airspace in western Iraq, according to U.S. Central Command.

"Four of six crew members on board the aircraft have been confirmed deceased as rescue efforts continue," CENTCOM said Friday.

The KC-135 aircraft went down at approximately 2 p.m. ET when two aircraft were involved in "an incident," CENTCOM said in a brief statement Thursday, confirming that "one of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed safely."

"This was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire," CENTCOM said.

The other aircraft involved was also a KC-135 tanker, according to a U.S. official.

The circumstances of the incident are currently under investigation and the identities of the service members who died in the incident are being withheld until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified, officials said.

A U.S. refueling aircraft "went down" in friendly airspace in western Iraq, with rescue efforts ongoing, U.S. Central Command said Thursday.

A U.S. refueling aircraft went down in friendly airspace in western Iraq, with rescue efforts ongoing, U.S. Central Command said Thursday.

"Two aircraft were involved in the incident," CENTCOM said in a brief statement. "One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed safely."

The incident resulted in the loss of a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft, CENTCOM said.

"This was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire," the statement added.