OPERATION EPIC FURY — SITUATION ROOM
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Real-time elapsed conflict monitor
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FIRST STRIKE — FEB 28, 2026 — 06:35 UTC
Sorties
4,200+
Strait Status
CLOSED
Oil (Brent) ○ LOADING
$—.——
Flights Grounded
38 NATIONS
Casualties
CLASSIFIED
ESTIMATED US TAXPAYER COST
PENTAGON BRIEFING TO CONGRESS · CSIS · CBO
$0
≈ $11,574 PER SECOND · $1 BILLION PER DAY
Pentagon briefed Congress: $11.3B first 6 days, +$1B/day ongoing. Excludes long-term costs (veteran care, equipment replacement).
CONFLICT TIMELINE
FEB 28 · 06:35 UTC
OPERATION EPIC FURY BEGINS
US-Israel launch 900+ strikes in 12 hours. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed.
FEB 28 · 07:15 UTC
MINAB GIRLS SCHOOL STRUCK
Errant missile hits school adjacent to naval base. 170+ civilians killed.
MAR 1
IRAN RETALIATES
Hundreds of drones/missiles target US bases in Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain.
MAR 2
STRAIT OF HORMUZ CLOSED
Iran closes strait carrying 20% of global oil. Brent crude spikes.
MAR 3
MOJTABA KHAMENEI ASCENDS
Son of slain supreme leader named new leader of Islamic Republic.
MAR 5
PENTAGON COST: $11.3B
Pentagon briefs Congress: first 6 days cost $11.3 billion.
MAR 18
2026 LEBANON WAR
Hezbollah-Israel conflict escalates. 1,400+ killed by early April.
APR 2
US JETS SHOT DOWN
First US fighter jets downed by enemy fire in 20+ years.
LIVE
ONGOING OPERATIONS
War enters Day 38. No ceasefire in sight.
KEY FIGURES
🇺🇸 US PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP
Ordered Operation Epic Fury Feb 27, 20:38 UTC
🇺🇸 SECRETARY OF WAR
PETE HEGSETH
"We are just getting started" — Mar 4
🇮🇷 FORMER SUPREME LEADER KIA FEB 28
ALI KHAMENEI
Killed in US-Israeli decapitation strike on residential compound
🇮🇷 NEW SUPREME LEADER
MOJTABA KHAMENEI
Son of Ali. Ascended Mar 3
🇮🇱 ISRAELI PM
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
Coordinating joint strikes with US
🇺🇸 CENTCOM CMDR
GEN. MICHAEL KURILLA
Leading theater operations
WHAT'S AT STAKE
20%
of global oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz daily
4th
largest proven oil reserves in the world belong to Iran
40K
US military personnel stationed across the Middle East
90M
population of Iran — 4th most populous nation in the region
17M
barrels of oil transit Hormuz daily, now disrupted
2K+
Iranian ballistic missiles estimated in arsenal before war
FORCE DEPLOYMENT · PERSIAN GULF THEATER
KEY LOCATIONS
TEHRAN
Iranian capital · Primary strike zone
BANDAR ABBAS
Naval HQ · Hit Feb 28
AL UDEID AB · QATAR
CENTCOM forward HQ
AL DHAFRA AB · UAE
F-35 / F-22 operations
NAVCENT · BAHRAIN
US 5th Fleet HQ
ALI AL SALEM · KUWAIT
Airlift / logistics hub
USS LINCOLN CSG
Carrier strike group · Arabian Sea
USS GERALD R. FORD CSG
Carrier strike group · Gulf of Oman
STRAIT OF HORMUZ
CLOSED · 20% of global oil chokepoint
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