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Additionally, today is also the start of Exercise Sentry Aloha by the Hawaii Air National Guard, which runs until January 28, 2026 and will feature at least 41 aircraft from seven states, including:

- 154th Wing (WG) (F-22, KC-135) and Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (MK-58) from Hawai‘i
- 115th Fighter Wing (FW) (F-35A) and 128th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) (KC-135) from Wisconsin
- 159th FW (F-15C) from Louisiana
- 155th ARW (KC-135) from Nebraska
- 153rd Airlift Wing (C-130H) from Wyoming
- 3rd WG (E-3) from Alaska
- 552nd Air Control Wing (E-3) from Oklahoma

With support personnel from multiple other units, states, as well as Australia.

🚨🇮🇷 IRAN’S REGIME HAS NO REAL SUPPORT LEFT, BUT FEAR KEEPS IT ALIVE

Iran’s government has basically lost all legitimacy, and now sanctions are crippling it hard.

It’s weak and hollow, but still organized, and millions depend on it to function day to day.

People are scared of what comes next. A return to monarchy? Civil war that never ends?

So a lot of people stick with a broken system, because unkown chaos feels worse than the status quo.

Source: Al Jazeera

🇮🇷 Seems I'm not the only one confused

According to the WSJ, senior EU dimplomats are "utterly confused" about Trump's plans 😂

This confusion and unpredicability btw is an asset for any leader. The element of surprise is a massive advantage, just check Sun Tzu's The Art of War:

"All warfare is based on deception."
"Strike when they do not expect it"
"Attack where they are unprepared"
"Appear weak when strong, strong when weak"

Don't forget what he did before the 12 days war. This should give you his playbook.

🇮🇷🇮🇶 IRAQI MILITIAS ARE ROLLING INTO IRAN TO KILL MORE PEOPLE

Hundreds of Iraqi fighters have crossed into Iran, posing as pilgrims, but they’re really there to help the regime shut down the uprising.

Sources say around 800 from groups like Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba are already inside, locking down cities and targeting protesters.

Wild how Iran fought off Saddam for 8 years, just to hand the streets over to foreign militias now.

Source: @NiohBerg, Iran International, Fox News, ISW, @rsjj.1

I hope this is just misdirection by Trump, because if not…I don’t even know what to say.

President Donald J. Trump speaking earlier to reporters in the Oval Office about the recent anti-government protests and brutal crackdowns in Iran, as well as the possibility of military action against Iran by the United States.

Trump: “They [Iran] said people were shooting at them with guns and they were shooting back and you know, it's one of those things- but they told me that there'll be no executions and so I hope that's true.”

Reporter: “Does this mean military action is now off the table against Iran?”

Trump: “We're going to watch and see what the process is but we were given a very good statement by people that are aware of what’s going on.”

🚨🇬🇧🇮🇷 BREAKING: UK SHUTS TEHRAN EMBASSY, PULLS MOST OF ITS STAFF

The British Embassy in Tehran is on temporary lockdown with the bulk of staff withdrawn, all due to the raging civil unrest and spiking US-Iran drama.

This piles on as countries like the US, Canada, Italy, and Poland yell for their folks to GTFO, with personnel dipping from Qatar bases too.

Source: Politico, Sky News, @sentdefender

🚨🇮🇱🇮🇷🇷🇺 BREAKING: ISRAEL & IRAN TOLD EACH OTHER: “WE WON’T STRIKE FIRST” - VIA RUSSIA

Israel and Iran secretly exchanged messages through Russia.

Both sides reportedly said they would not launch a preemptive strike against the other.

Source: Washington Post

Iranian state TV airs a death threat to President Trump, translated: "this time the bullet won't miss."

🇺🇸 STRATCOM (YES, THE NUKES GUYS) JUST KICKED OFF “SKYMASTER” - A MASSIVE AIRPOWER READINESS DRILL

U.S. Strategic Command is running a major drill nationwide amid rising Middle East tensions.

Expect to see aerial refueling tankers, strategic bombers, and other military aircraft launching from bases across the country.

This is not a normal training week.

Source: @sentdefender

Inside her Brooklyn cafe, Iranian chef and restaurant owner Nasim Alikhani has been glued to news and social media but has been unable to reach relatives in Iran, where authorities say about 2,000 people have been killed in escalating violence https://reut.rs/456zdcU

🚨🇮🇷 IRANIAN STARS UNITE AGAINST THE REGIME: "THE WORLD NEEDS TO STEP IN"

Big names like Googoosh, Nazanin Boniadi, Arian Moayed, Jafar Panahi, and Mohammad Rasoulof are all calling out the Islamic Republic.

Googoosh even wrote to Trump, begging him to act on his promises and stop the regime’s “crimes against humanity.”

Boniadi torched the system as one of “death and destruction,” while the filmmakers want the world to break the info blackout and start paying attention.

Source: NBC News

Journalist:

"Is military action off the table for Iran?"

Trump:

"No."

🔴 TRUMP SPEAKS - WILL HE STRIKE IRAN!?! https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1OyJAjEQeybxb

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 U.S. WILL LEAD THE IRAN WAR, BUT IT WASN’T TRUMP’S IDEA, IT WAS ISRAEL’S

Iranian analyst Trita Parsi says Trump was persuaded by Netanyahu on Dec 29 to lead the strikes on Iran, well before the protests escalated to where they are today. The reason was never about the protestors.

"My expectation was that Israel would push for war and get the U.S. to support it, not lead it. But what happened is the opposite.

Trump was convinced at Mar-a-Lago to take the lead. It’s being framed as his war now. But it wasn’t his idea.

The protests have nothing to do with this. In fact, they might have delayed it. The plan was already made on December 29 at the White House.

The justification is protests, but the real issue is missiles. This war is about finishing what wasn’t finished last June."

@tparsi

🇵🇱🇮🇷 POLAND JOINS ITALY IN TELLING CITIZENS: “GET OUT OF IRAN NOW”

Poland’s foreign ministry just told its people to leave Iran immediately and warned everyone else not to go there at all.

Italy already said the same earlier, and now both are doubling down as the situation in Iran keeps getting worse.

Protesters are being killed, things are spiraling fast, and more countries might join the evacuation calls soon.

Source: Times of Israel, Al Arabiya, Polskie Radio

In addition to what is currently taking place and/or will soon place in the Middle East, a “SKYMASTER Exercise” by U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) is actively underway across the United States. So expect the launch of aerial-refueling tankers, strategic bombers, and other aircraft from bases across the country by the U.S. Air Force.

BREAKING: Iran's internet blackout enters its 7th day

🇸🇦🇺🇸🇮🇷 Saudi Arabia to Washington:

"We will not permit United States military aircraft to use Saudi airspace for any strikes against Iran."

Source: Al Arabiya

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