The U.S. military declared air superiority over Iran on Monday morning and said it “remains on the hunt” for Iranian ballistic missile launchers as the crumbling Iranian regime continues to attack military and civilian locations throughout the Middle East.
The U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, released unclassified footage showing the U.S. military wiping out multiple ballistic missile launchers. CENTCOM did not confirm when exactly the strikes shown in the footage occurred, but stated that “U.S. forces remain on the hunt to eliminate this threat.”
Iran continues to maliciously launch ballistic missiles, indiscriminately targeting military and civilian locations throughout the region. U.S. forces remain on the hunt to eliminate this threat. As the President has said, our resolve has never been stronger. pic.twitter.com/SDdvaL38yp
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 2, 2026
“As the President has said, our resolve has never been stronger,” CENTCOM added.
The new footage was released shortly after War Secretary Pete Hegseth held a press conference at the Pentagon alongside General Dan “Raizin” Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to discuss the ongoing military operation against Iran. During the press conference, General Caine said the United States has established air superiority over Iran, which he said would “enhance the protection of our forces” as well as “continue the work over Iran.”
After the United States, along with Israel, decimated Iran’s military and took out numerous military and political leaders, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran responded by launching missiles toward U.S. bases in neighboring Arab countries, including Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar. At least four American troops were killed in an Iranian rocket attack on Kuwait.
Iran’s Arab neighbors have also condemned the regime for launching missiles at airports and residential areas.
Hegseth said on Monday morning that the Trump administration has a clear goal of destroying Iran’s military and nuclear infrastructure and is not concerned with regime change.
President Donald Trump defended the U.S. military mission, titled “Operation Epic Fury,” saying on Sunday that the United States has a “duty” to obliterate Iran’s military capabilities.
“We’re undertaking this massive operation, not merely to ensure security for our own time and place, but for our children and their children just as our ancestors have done for us. This is the duty and the burden of a free people,” Trump said. “These actions are right and they are necessary to ensure that Americans will never have to face a radical, bloodthirsty terrorist regime armed with nuclear weapons and lots of threats. For almost 50 years, these wicked extremists have been attacking the United States while chanting the slogan, ‘Death to America.'”
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