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This US Navy handout photo released by US Central Command public affairs shows an F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, preparing to launch from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury, February 28, 2026. Three members of the US military have been killed and five others wounded in the operation against Iran, the Pentagon said on March 1, announcing the first American deaths in the US-Israeli campaign that killed the Islamic republic's supreme leader. (Photo by US NAVY/US CENTRAL COMMAND / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US NAVY and US CENTRAL COMMAND / HANDOUT" - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS