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Karoline Leavitt: “Iran's air forces are functionally and operationally…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Apr. 8, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 31:39

Despite once being the largest undersea force in the Middle East, Iran now has zero submarine vessels, 97% of Iran's once massive inventory of more than 5,000 naval mines and has also been targeted and destroyed. Iran's air forces are functionally and operationally irrelevant at this point. after the United States maintained total air dominance over their country for weeks on end. To underscore the significance of this, before Operation Epic Fury, the Iranian air force would fly between 30 to 100 flights per day. (31:39–31:45)

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Asserts that Iran's air forces are no longer operationally relevant.

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