Israel strikes six Iranian military airfields, destroys aircraft, defense systems in major operation

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a wave of new strikes against six military airfields in Iran Monday, continuing to “deepen aerial superiority over Iranian skies,” officials said.

“Last night, a wave of strikes against six major Iranian military airfields was completed,” the IDF said in a statement.

“As part of the strikes, numerous aircraft were dismantled, including Quds Force aircraft belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iranian combat helicopters.”
The IDF also reported that runways, defense and detection systems intended to operate against IAF aircraft operating in Iranian airspace were struck.

“The airfields that were struck were used by the Iranian terror regime to arm and finance terrorist proxies across the Middle East, including Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthi terrorist regime.” The IDF said before confirming that the strikes were to “impair the Iranian military’s ability to operate its air power against IAF aircraft and disrupt the regime’s ability to rearm—not only for the regime itself, but also for its terrorist proxies across the Middle East.”