Overview

• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the B-2 pilots who flew Operation Midnight Hammer will attend the July 4 event in Washington alongside additional personnel from Whiteman Air Force Base.
• The flyover will feature B-2 Spirit bombers flanked by F-22s and F-35s—the same aircraft used to hit Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan in the late June strikes.
• Seven B-2s dropped 14 bunker-buster bombs on Fordo and Natanz during a nonstop 36-hour mission requiring multiple mid-air refuelings and decoy sorties, while submarines launched Tomahawk missiles at Isfahan.
• U.S. intelligence remains divided on the setback to Iran’s nuclear program, with some assessments citing less than a year of delay and others projecting a multi-year impact.
• Iran has acknowledged serious damage to its sites but has suspended IAEA inspections, leaving independent verification of underground destruction unresolved.