Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine explains how the U.S. conducted its attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities in what the Trump administration is calling Operation Midnight Hammer. | NBC News

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Operations will remain active across the theatre, and across the globe. General Dan Caine delivers an update on Operation Epic Fury, which commenced in the early hours of Saturday, Feb. 28. | The Daily Signal

In an unprecedented move, Pres. Trump fired both the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. CQ Brown, and the Navy's top admiral, Adm. Lisa Franchetti. This marks the first time that two members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been dismissed from their senior military roles. As a retired military officer, Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine will be brought back onto active duty. The Senate will have to confirm Caine in order for him to serve as the president's senior military adviser and the natio

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine provided a detailed timeline of the U.S.’s weekend strikes on Iranian nuclear sites at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan. “This was a highly classified mission with very few people in Washington knowing the timing or nature of this plan,” he told reporters Sunday morning. The complex mission, dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, included more than 125 U.S. aircraft, including B-2 stealth bombers, fighter jets, refueling planes and surveillance aircraft. “Iran’s fi