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US nears 'complete' control of Iran airspace: White House
Korea Times ^ | 5 March 2026 | AFP

Posted on 03/04/2026 5:56:56 PM PST by BlackVeil

WASHINGTON — The United States expects to have "complete" control of Iranian airspace in the coming hours, the White House said on Wednesday, the fifth day of U.S.-Israeli operations against the Islamic republic.

"We expect to have complete and total dominance over Iranian airspace in the coming hours," Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at koreatimes.co.kr ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airspace; iran; iranwar
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This is an explicit claim and it will be proven right or wrong soon enough. Pete Hegseth has also announced that Iran is "finished". Stock markets have reacted favourably - in the Asia/Pacific region, which opens first, manufacturing stocks are up while gold and oil are down.They are pricing in a quick end to the conflict.
1 posted on 03/04/2026 5:56:56 PM PST by BlackVeil
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To: BlackVeil

Other than manpads Iran has no air defense. Time to send in an AC-130 gunship. And just let them smoke all the IRGC.

“You can run but you’ll die tired”


2 posted on 03/04/2026 6:06:08 PM PST by for-q-clinton (RL)
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To: BlackVeil

Just think about the Middle East when all of Iran’s missiles are destroyed and their missile factories are razed to the ground. No Iranian proxies (Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas, et al) getting armaments from Iran, no funding or succor from Iran. All the countries the Iranians attacked in their misguided last hurrah now hate them even more.

The whole place could quiet down and Israelis live in peace.


3 posted on 03/04/2026 6:10:47 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: BlackVeil

If the B-2s and F-35s are flying fewer missions over Iran and if B-1s and B-52s are flying over Iran dropping PGM, it’s very likely true.


4 posted on 03/04/2026 6:11:49 PM PST by chrisinoc
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

What a wonderful world it would be without the death cult known as islime.


5 posted on 03/04/2026 6:16:32 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: All

Hey, like, this is just my opinion, Dude...
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The USA and Israel do not want to “change the regime” in Iran.
We are NOT going to install a new leader.
What they want to do is provide the Iranian people
an opportunity to do that for themselves.

The intention is to destroy their military capability.
No air force; no navy; no nuclear capability,
no missile production capabilities, no missile storage,
no missile launchers, no missiles,
no drone production, no radars.
No military or financial support for the 3 “H’s”
(Hamas, Hezbollah; Houthi)
No more supply of missiles or drones to Russia.
NOTHING.

They will be completely de-fanged and de-clawed.

The current conflict will end
when there are no more targets left.

Whoever/whatever the Iranians choose to do in the future,
will only effect themselves, and no one else,
but their country will no longer be able to
threaten or harm any other country.
They will be a threat to no one.

Oil will flow freely throw the Straights of Hormuz,
Libya, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Saudi Arabia,
The UAE, Kuwait, and Yemen can all relax a bit.


6 posted on 03/04/2026 6:20:07 PM PST by Repeal The 17th ( I am obsessed with not being obsessed with anything.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Not just Israelis but many could live in peace with a free and prosperous Iran


7 posted on 03/04/2026 6:20:15 PM PST by posterchild
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To: BlackVeil

There is no such thing as 100% control where there is no longer risk, and that doesn’t mean we don’t control the skies over Iran. Today, tomorrow or next week, we can still lose aircraft and airmen over Iran. We will achieve Air Dominance, but you can’t completely eliminate every single threat. Pray for our guys (and gals) going into harms way.


8 posted on 03/04/2026 6:20:18 PM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: ETCM
We will achieve Air Dominance, but you can’t completely eliminate every single threat.

Oh everything will be cool in Iran after we achieve air dominance and our other objectives. Can't say the same for those Kuwati idiots. /s

9 posted on 03/04/2026 8:21:48 PM PST by Avalon Memories (It seems to be a law of nature...that those who will not risk cannot win. --John Paul Jones)
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To: Repeal The 17th

That’s a solid plan I think.

And with State being run by Rubio there’s much less chance the works who work for him can eff it up. Especially with AID gone.

L


10 posted on 03/04/2026 8:28:29 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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