Published Jul 16, 2026, 8:14 PM ET · Updated 4 months ago · 1 source

As the United States and Iran continue exchanging strikes tonight, including reported U.S. strikes on multiple bridges near Bandar Abbas and Iranian missile and drone attacks targeting U.S. assets in Bahrain, Iraq, and Kuwait, the current aerial picture over the region, based on aircraft visible via FlightRadar24, includes a U.S. Navy P-8A "Poseidon", multiple U.S. Air Force KC-135 "Stratotankers" and KC-46A "Pegasus" aerial refueling aircraft, as well as an unidentified U.S. Air Force aircraft orbiting over the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This represents only a portion of the overall air picture, as many military aircraft are not visible on public flight-tracking services. Additional U.S. military aircraft are almost certainly operating throughout the region.

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As the United States and Iran continue exchanging strikes tonight, including reported U.S. strikes on multiple bridges near Bandar Abbas and Iranian missile and drone attacks targeting U.S. assets in Bahrain, Iraq, and Kuwait, the current aerial picture over the region, based on aircraft visible via FlightRadar24, includes a U.S. Navy P-8A "Poseidon", multiple U.S. Air Force KC-135 "Stratotankers" and KC-46A "Pegasus" aerial refueling aircraft, as well as an unidentified U.S. Air Force aircraft