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This US Navy handout photo released by US Central Command public affairs shows US sailors as they taxi aircraft to a staging point on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury, at an undisclosed location on 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