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Trump approves Operation Epic Fury aboard Air Force One
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- Local time
- 3:38 PM in New York
- Where
- Air Force One, en route to Corpus Christi, United States
Flying to Texas, Trump gave the final order for the Iran operation at 3:38 p.m. EST, writing "Operation Epic Fury approved ... Good luck," according to Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine. Hours earlier he had told reporters he was "not happy" with Iran's negotiating and had not decided.
Why it matters
The order set U.S. carrier groups, strike crews and air defenses moving toward an operation that began about nine and a half hours later, with technical talks still planned for the following week.
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