'No aborts. Good luck,' Trump told troops before Iran war, general says
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Hundreds of aircraft and thousands of servicemembers were involved in the war's launch, Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said.
The U.S. war on Iran began Saturday, Feb. 28, with a "massive, overwhelming attack" that involved thousands of American servicemembers, hundreds of planes, two aircraft carriers, and hit more than a thousand targets across the country, the Pentagon's top general told reporters.
The military received its "final go order" from President Donald Trump a day earlier on Feb. 27 at 3:38 p.m., Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a news conference March 2.
Trump's message to troops: "Operation Epic Fury is approved. No aborts. Good luck," Caine said, using the Pentagon's operational name for the war in Iran.
The U.S. military's first actions were cyberattacks aimed at jamming Iran's ability to communicate and coordinate, Caine said.
The attack officially began at 9:45 a.m. local time in Iran's capital of Tehran, touched off by a "trigger event" conducted by Israel's military, he said.
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