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The second tanker landed safely.

CENTCOM said there was no hostile or friendly fire involved in the mishap.

The KC-135 is used to refuel jets in midair and usually carries a small crew of three to six airmen.

Rescue operations continued through the night.

Central Command does not identify fallen troops until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified.

The Pentagon said bombardment of Iran will continue to intensify and that U.S.

forces are targeting Iran's ability to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz, where a fifth of the world's oil supply transits.

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At a news conference, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Dan Kaine said targeting of Iran's defense industrial base continues.

Keynes said that 50 Iranian ships have been destroyed in an effort to protect navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, a key transit point for worldwide oil exports.

In the past day, President Trump has said both that the war is mostly complete and also that it could go on for some time.

U.S.

officials have been consistent that there will be no protracted nation-building effort like the U.S.

tried for decades in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hicks has said Iranian missile and drone capabilities were severely diminished.

But even as he spoke, air raid sirens were heard in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, sending people running to shelters.

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At a Pentagon news conference, Hegseth said Iranian offensive capabilities are diminishing rapidly as the U.S.

and Israel establish control of the airspace over Iran.

The Iranian Navy has mostly been destroyed, including a ship sunk by a U.S.