Pete Hegseth

This new regime is out of options and out of time.

So they cut a deal.

Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory on the battlefield.

Victory, he says, with a capital V. We finished completely destroying Iran's defense industrial base, a core pillar of our mission objective.

What little they have left buried in bunkers is all they will have.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S.

has control of the skies over Iran and is now able to fly in the lumbering B-52 aircraft for bombing runs.

Last month, an F-35 aircraft was struck by Iranian fire, possibly a missile.

The aircraft was very damaged, but the pilot was able to land back at base.

The pilot was wounded by shell fragments and required stitches.

So again, this latest two aircraft down shows the skies above Iran are still dangerous for U.S.

pilots.

The two most powerful air forces in the world will have complete control of Iranian skies, uncontested airspace.

I hope all the folks watching understand what uncontested airspace and complete control means.

It means we will fly all day, all night, day and night, finding, fixing, and finishing the missiles and defense industrial base of the Iranian military.

Finding and fixing their leaders and their military leaders.

Flying over Tehran.

flying over Iran, flying over their capital, flying over the IRGC, Iranian leaders looking up and seeing only U.S.

and Israeli air power every minute of every day until we decide it's over.

The air campaign that we've conducted, that Israel's conducted alongside us,