London-Heathrow Airport, one of the busiest commercial flight hubs in the world, will be completely closed on Friday, following a serious fire tonight at a nearby electrical substation, resulting in a major power outage across West London, which includes Heathrow Airport. Thousands of flights and millions of passengers are expected to be affected; with over 120 flights heading to Heathrow currently in the air across the world, which will all be required to divert to other airports in the U.K. and Europe. Authorities have not yet said if they expect Heathrow to be reopened by Saturday.
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are set to speak from the Oval Office at 11:00am.
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have awarded Boeing the $20 billion contact for the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) Program, to fully develop and produce a sixth-generation replacement for the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 “Raptor” Stealth Fighter, beating out the other finalist defense manufacturer, Lockheed Martin.
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Power has been at least partially restored at London-Heathrow Airport, following last night’s substation fire in West London which resulted in the cancelation of hundreds of commercial flights today to and from Britain. According to airport authorities, Heathrow is expected to begin limited operations in the coming hours, with British Airways announcing that several long-haul flights have been given clearance to depart after 7:00pm.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) and the remaining ships of Carrier Strike Group One (CSG-1), which consists of the Ticonderoga-Class Cruiser, USS Princeton (CG-59) as well as the Arleigh Burke-Class Guided-Missile Destroyers, USS Sterett (DDG-104) and USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110), to deviate from their ongoing deployment in the Indo-Pacific, and head towards the Middle East. Secretary Hegseth has also extended the deployment of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) and her Carrier Strike Group, currently located in the Northern Red Sea.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) and the remaining ships of Carrier Strike Group One (CSG-1), which consists of the Ticonderoga-Class Cruiser, USS Princeton (CG-59) as well as the Arleigh Burke-Class Guided-Missile…
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and Carrier Strike Group Twelve (CSG-12) are expected to finish their Composite Training Unit Exercise, or COMPTUEX, off the coast of Virginia in the next month, for their scheduled deployment this year to U.S. Fifth Fleet. This means that by the time U.S. President Trump’s “two-month” deadline to Iran ends in May, there could be three aircraft carriers in the Middle East.
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The Israel Defense Force has released footage and additional intelligence related to an airstrike carried out earlier today on a rocket launch site, located near a humanitarian zone in the al-Furqan area of Northern Gaza; with this following the launch of several rockets this morning at Ashkelon in Southern Israel, in an attack claimed by Hamas.
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The Israel Defense Force states that the ballistic missile launched earlier by the Houthis in Yemen, was intercepted by the Air Force, likely once again using an “Arrow-3” exoatmospheric anti-ballistic missile interceptor.
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At least 4 F-35A Multirole Fighters with the 388th Fighter Wing (388FW) stationed at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, arrived earlier today in the Middle East following a brief stop in the U.K. last night after crossing the Atlantic. Upwards of 12 F-35s have been ordered to surge to the region by the Department of Defense, in order to reinforce Air Force assets and aircraft already deployed to U.S. Central Command’s (CENTCOM) Area-of-Responsibility.
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Airstrikes tonight by the Israeli Air Force against both the T-4 Air base and Palmyra Airport in the Homs Governorate of Syria, with weapon storage sites of the former Assad Regime claimed to have been targeted.
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Fox News reports that U.S. President Donald J. Trump has express interest in helping finalize the sale of 40 F-16V “Viper” Multirole Fighters to Turkey, as well as considering a proposal to allow Turkey to reenter the F-35 Program in exchange for the “disassembly to inoperability” of their S-400 Surface-to-Air Missile Systems purchased from Russia in 2020.
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has released footage from aboard the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in the Northern Red Sea, showing Naval Aviation Ordnanceman (AO) preparing munitions and armaments for ongoing strike operations against the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist group in Western Yemen, as well as the shoot-down or drones and/or missiles launched by the Houthis. The munitions seen in this video include AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER Advanced Air-Launched Cruise Missiles, AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapons (JSOW), MK-82 500lb Bombs equipped with Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Kits, AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), AIM-9 “Sidewinder” Air-to-Air Missiles, AGM-114 “Hellfire” Missiles, and finally Hydra-70 Rockets likely converted with the AGR-20 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS).
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Israel confirmed earlier tonight that its Air Force carried out extensive airstrikes on both the T-4 Air base and Palmyra Military Airport in the Homs Governorate of Central Syria. Israeli officials claimed that the Israeli Air Intelligence Group had been monitoring weapons and other strategic capabilities of the now defunct Syrian Arab Army (SAA) at the bases, which were targeted tonight in order to maintain Israel’s “aerial superiority” over the region.
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On Friday, U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) unveiled the official seal for its newly created Joint Task Force headquartered at Fort Huachuca in Arizona, Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB), which has now assumed the role of coordinating military activities along the U.S-Mexico Border, in support of the Department of Homeland Security as well as Customs and Border Protection (CBP). NORTHCOM states that the seal represents the ongoing mission of securing the U.S. Southern Border. The eagle, clutching arrows and an olive branch, symbolizes strength and diplomacy, while the map highlights the Joint Task Force’s area-of-operations from California to Texas.
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