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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid into a reporter who asked why he hadn’t specifically congratulated the female pilots who had been a part of the United States’ recent strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities after they stated: “The early messages that you sent out only congratulated ‘the boys.'” Hegseth, in the hours after the mission had been completed, touted the success of “our boys on those bombers” – and The New York Times, among others, complained that not all of those involved had been male. Times Pentagon reporter John Ismay, most notably, wrote, “In the briefing, Hegseth referred to B-2 pilots as ‘our boys on those bombers,’ yet both men and women have been trained to fly them.” When that topic came up during Thursday morning’s briefing, Hegseth bowed his head slightly, laughing, before responding. WATCH: . @SecDef gave the PERFECT response when asked “Why not acknowledge female pilots that participated, early messages congratulated the boys?” pic.twitter.com/BAqwj6bfdV — DOD Rapid Response (@DODResponse) June 26, 2025 “Why not acknowledge the female pilots that also participated?” the reporter asked. “The early messages that you sent out only congratulated ‘the boys.'” “So, when I say something like ‘our boys in bombers’ — see, this is the kind of thing the press does,” Hegseth replied. “Of course, the Chairman mentioned a female bomber pilot. Fantastic. She’s fantastic. She’s a hero. I want more female bomber pilots.” “I hope the men and women of our country sign up to do such brave and audacious things,” he continued. “But when you spin it as because I say ‘our boys in bombers’ as a common phrase – I’ll keep saying things like that, whether they’re men or women. I’m very proud of that female pilot, just like I’m very proud of those male pilots.” “I don’t care if it’s a male or a female in the cockpit, and the American people don’t care,” he concluded. “But it’s the obsession with race and gender in this department that’s changed priorities, and we don’t do that anymore. We don’t play your little games.”

At a Thursday press conference with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s top general, Dan “Razin’” Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke of the emotional moment when American pilots returned home to their loved ones following the strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, recalling “flags flying and tears flowing.” “When the crews went to work on Friday, they kissed their loved ones goodbye, not knowing when or if they would be home,” he stated. “Late on Saturday night, their families became aware of what was happening, and on Sunday, when those jets returned…their families were there. Flags flying and tears flowing.” “I have chills, literally, talking about this,” he declared. “The jets rejoined into a formation of four airplanes followed by a formation of three and came up overhead Whiteman (Air Force Base), proudly in a traffic pattern, pitching out to land, right over the base and landing to the incredible cheers of their families, who sacrifice and serve right alongside their family members. Like I said, there were a lot of flags and a lot of tears,” he said. . @thejointstaff "Crews went to work on Friday; they kissed their loved ones goodbye, not knowing when or if they would be home. Late on Saturday night, their families became aware of what was happening, and on Sunday, when those jets returned from Whiteman, their families were… pic.twitter.com/xcA79ecLFR — DOD Rapid Response (@DODResponse) June 26, 2025 Last Sunday, Caine detailed how the strike was conducted, stating: At midnight Friday into Saturday morning a large B2 strike package comprised of bombers launched from the continental United States. As part of a plan to maintain tactical surprise, part of the package proceeded to the west and into the Pacific as a decoy, a deception effort known only to an extremely small number of planners and key leaders here in Washington and in Tampa. The main strike package comprised of seven B2 Spirit bombers, each with two crewmembers, proceeded quietly to the East with minimal communications. Throughout the 18-hour flight into the target area. the aircraft completed multiple inflight refuelings. Once over land, the B2‘s linked up with escort and support aircraft in a complex tightly-timed maneuver requiring exact synchronization across multiple platforms in a narrow piece of airspace, all done with minimal communication communications. This type of integration is exactly what our joint force does better than anyone else in the world. At approximately 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time last night and just prior to the strike package entering Iran, a U.S. submarine in the central command area of responsibility launched more than two dozen Tomahawk plane attack cruise missiles against key surface infrastructure targets at Esfahan. As the Operation Midnight Hammer strike package entered Iranian airspace, the U.S. employed several deception tactics, including decoys, as the fourth and fifth generation aircraft pushed out in front of the strike package at high altitude and high speed, sweeping in front of the package for enemy fighters and surface-to-air missile threats. RELATED: ‘Retained The Element Of Surprise’: Trump’s Top General Gives Details On Operation Midnight Hammer

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine in a Thursday press conference with Defense Secratary Pete Hegseth provided a detailed description of the American strikes and showed video as evidence of Iran’s crippled nuclear facilities. Caine revealed that the United States military had developed the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, better known as bunker buster bombs, more than 15 years ago, specifically with Iran’s nuclear program in mind. He showed several military graphics and videos revealing the extensive damage at Iran’s Fordo nuclear site. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine demonstrates how GBU-57 MOPs work: “Unlike a normal surface bomb, you won’t see an impact crater because they’re designed to deeply bury and then function … All six weapons at each vent at Fordow went exactly where they were intended to go.” pic.twitter.com/iQs3oWcJ4X — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 26, 2025 “All six weapons at each vent at Fordo went exactly where they were intended to go. A bomb has three effects: it causes damage, blast fragmentation, and overpressure,” Caine said. “In this case, the primary kill mechanism in the mission space was a mix of overpressure and blast ripping through the open tunnels and destroying critical hardware.“ Thursday’s press conference comes after the Trump administration accused CNN, The New York Times, and other legacy media outlets of attempting to torpedo the success of the strikes, quoting a leaked preliminary assessment that said the attack only set Iran’s nuclear program back by months. “The majority of the damage we assessed based on our extensive modeling was a blast layer combined with the impulse extending from the shock. Imagine what this looks like six times over,” Caine added. The media asked Gen. Caine if he was pressured to provide a rosy assessment of the destruction at Fordo, to which he pushed back, “No, I have not, and no, I would not.” The U.S. strike on Fordo primarily focused on two ventilation shafts as the “primary point of entry into the mission space,” Caine said. “In the days preceding the attack against Fordo, the Iranians attempted to cover the shafts with concrete to try to prevent an attack,” he said. “I won’t share the specific dimensions of the concrete cap, but you should know that we know what the dimensions of those concrete caps were. The planners had to account for this. They accounted for everything.” “The cap was forcibly removed by the first weapon, and the main shaft was uncovered. Weapons two, three, four, five were tasked to enter the main shaft, move down into the complex at greater than 1,000 feet per second, and explode in the mission space. Weapon number six was designed as a flex weapon to allow us to cover if one of the preceding jets or one of the preceding weapons did not work. There were six on each side.” .@thejointstaff Chairman General Dan Caine describes the devastating weaponry dropped on Fordow in last Saturday’s strikes: pic.twitter.com/Ol9SE9rmvN — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 26, 2025

The Cabana Blue Lakefront Sport Bar & Grill in Clay Township, Michigan offers patrons a beautiful view of Lake St. Clair. Recently, however, that very same scenic area briefly turned into the site of a helicopter crash. The pilot, whose name has not been released, called the restaurant ahead of time to ensure it would be safe to land near it. While the restaurant’s owner, Joseth Henninger, did warn of debris in the field, the pilot assured him that “if it’s not good” he wouldn’t land. Upon arriving, the pilot seemed to have located a good spot to land. Considering the fact that he did reach the ground, that may have been true. But then, in an instant, the helicopter made an unexpected flip. @abcworldnews A #helicopter rolled on its side while attempting to land outside of a restaurant in Clay Township, #Michigan, on Sunday, June 22. People near the #restaurant could be seen rushing to the helicopter. None of the four people on board the helicopter, nor anybody on the ground, were injured, St. Clair County Emergency Director Justin Westmiller told #ABCNews. The FAA is investigating the incident. #WorldNewsTonight #News ♬ original sound – ABC World News Tonight According to nearby patrons and workers, the sound of the crash was similar to a gunshot. This led to a number of people warning others to “Get down.” Then there were those who saw the crash as it happened. While some of them were understandably shocked, others found the courage to run directly toward the crash. Restaurant Patrons Capture the Moment a Nearby Helicopter Flips Over with a Loud Crash Despite any fears these heroic patrons may have had, they did everything they could to help rescue everyone inside the helicopter. Best of all, they were successful in their mission. The pilot and all four passengers were safely removed from the vehicle. Despite how violent this crash seemed, miraculously, those onboard only received minor injuries. Plus, there were no bystander injuries. It remains unclear exactly what happened to cause this crash. One patron, Valerie DiBattista, says that the “tail end of the helicopter flew up, causing the blades of the helicopter to touch the ground.” In any case, an investigation is underway by the Federal Aviation Administration. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post Guardian Angel On Board: Helicopter Flips Over While Landing, Miraculously No One Is Injured appeared first on InspireMore.

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