Iran says three oil tankers just exploded on its mines in the Strait of Hormuz. It hasn't named a single ship or shown a single photo. CENTCOM's answer was one word: FALSE. U.S. forces cleared the main shipping lanes, and thousands of commercial vessels are still moving through them under American protection. The IRGC answered by daring the U.S. military to prove it. Here's how America actually clears a minefield. Navy divers and SEALs led a four-month operation, mostly at night, backed by robotic boats, underwater drones with sonar, and aircraft from all four services. Then Iran claimed it shot down an American MQ-1 drone. There's no wreckage, no footage and no U.S. confirmation, and the Air Force retired the MQ-1 Predator back in 2018. If Iran really lit up a new air defense radar to take that shot, it may have just shown the U.S. exactly where it's hiding. Plus North Korea fires a salvo of about ten ballistic missiles while the world watches Iran. Full breakdown from a former F-15E Strike Eagle pilot. Link in bio. Who do you think is bluffing about the mines? Drop it below. #breakingnews# #currentevents# #militarynews# #maxafterburner# #newsalert#

America just told its Gulf allies to brace. The Wall Street Journal reports the U.S. has warned Gulf states to prepare for a possible short, intense campaign against Iran after the midterms. No final decision has been made, but look at what's moving: a Patriot system repositioned, munitions restocked, bombers and fighters getting ready, and another carrier strike group expected next month. Here's what a fighter pilot notices. Before you swing, you cover up. Moving Patriots and pulling troops off exposed bases takes away Iran's best counterpunch, its missiles and drones, before the first jet ever launches. Meanwhile, Iran claims it has complete control of the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM calls the claim that U.S. forces abandoned the strait false, and the oil keeps flowing. Is Iran bluffing, or does it actually believe its own headlines? Tell me below. #breakingnews# #currentevents# #militarynews# #maxafterburner# #newsalert#

IRGC Houthis launched ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia, then the Saudi-led coalition went hunting. A Houthi missile aimed at Riyadh was intercepted early Monday. Hours later, the coalition says it destroyed four Houthi missile launchers, five missile tunnels and a weapons depot in Yemen. The Houthis kept firing anyway: three more ballistic missiles and four drones were intercepted over Saudi Arabia overnight, and a fire near Ras Tanura's oil facilities has been contained. Meanwhile, Iran claims the Strait of Hormuz is completely closed while the USS George Washington runs flight operations in the Arabian Sea next door. Egypt's parliament just authorized military support for Saudi Arabia, and Russia hit Kyiv with roughly 280 drones and missiles. As a former F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, I break down how fighter crews hunt shoot-and-scoot missile launchers, why you can't close a choke point when you don't own the sky above it, and what comes next. Full breakdown on the channel now. Link in bio. Do you think Iran can actually close Hormuz with a U.S. carrier sitting right there? Drop it in the comments. #breakingnews# #currentevents# #militarynews# #maxafterburner# #newsalert#

Iran's IRGC fired an anti-ship cruise missile from Sirik, on its southern coast, toward a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Reports say its own launcher was hit minutes later. Nobody has confirmed who hit it, and CENTCOM hasn't said a word. At the same time, two U.S. officials say American forces already in the Middle East can launch a major new campaign against Iran within 96 hours of an order. The options on the table include nuclear sites, military bases and energy infrastructure. No order has been given yet, but the forces are already in place. CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper flew over the Strait in an Army CH-47 Chinook and said the main shipping lanes are free and clear of Iranian sea mines. Iran's floating oil stockpile has run dry under the U.S. blockade, and Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish officials flew into Tehran today to push for de-escalation. Also: Saudi Arabia says it destroyed five Houthi missile tunnels and four launchers after a missile was fired at Riyadh. Ukrainian drones hit industrial sites in Voronezh, deep inside Russia. Who hit that launcher, and what's on the list if the order comes? Full breakdown on the channel. Link in bio. #breakingnews# #currentevents# #militarynews# #maxafterburner# #newsalert#

Iran's army claims it shot down a U.S. LUCAS drone over Bandar Abbas. There's no wreckage, no video, and no U.S. confirmation. LUCAS is America's version of Iran's own Shahed-136 drone, at roughly $35,000 a copy. If the claim is true, Iran had to turn on its radar to take the shot, and radiating gives away your position to every listening aircraft in the region. At the same time, Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X telling Cubans who want change that "now is the time" to form a "discreet partnership with the CIA." Havana mocked it. Meanwhile the pressure keeps building: an oil blockade, U.S. surveillance flights off the coast, an arrest warrant for Raúl Castro, and the President saying a warship returning from Iran could stop 50 yards off Cuba's shore. Plus, Trump says a new strike on Iran could come "maybe tomorrow," the Saudi-led coalition intercepted 10 Houthi ballistic missiles in a single morning, and Russia launched 153 drones at Ukraine overnight. Full breakdown on the channel now. #breakingnews# #currentevents# #militarynews# #maxafterburner# #newsalert#

IRGC DEMANDS A NUKE AS U.S. MILITARY PREPARES FOR STRIKES A former IRGC commander now running Iran's Supreme National Security Council says nuclear weapons are "not off the table," and Iranian lawmakers are openly calling for the bomb. Iran's president still says they aren't seeking one. So who's actually steering the ship in Tehran? Meanwhile, reporting says the U.S. is planning several days of strikes on Iran's nuclear, missile, and energy targets after the November 3 midterms. No decision has been made, but the planning is real. As a former F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, I break down Pickaxe Mountain, the tunnel complex near Natanz buried deep in granite, and how B-2s, the GBU-57, and our tankers would crack it. Hint: you don't vaporize the mountain. You seal its doors and its lungs. Plus: the U.S. intel warning on Iranian plots against Americans, a Houthi missile intercepted over Riyadh, and Russia's latest drone attack on Kyiv. The blockade holds. The tankers keep flying. Watch the days after November 3. Full breakdown on YouTube now. Link in bio. #breakingnews# #currentevents# #militarynews# #maxafterburner# #newsalert#

Houthi ballistic missiles flew at Saudi Arabia again overnight, and the Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted one headed for Riyadh. At almost the same moment, the Treasury Secretary posted satellite images of Kharg Island, Iran's main oil terminal. Not one crude tanker in sight. CENTCOM says 100 days of strict blockade enforcement have kept at least $25 billion of Iranian oil off the market. So how does America stop an entire country's oil from leaving? Satellites, P-8 Poseidons, Tritons and Reapers find the ships. A radio call turns most of them around. For the ones that won't listen, a fighter jet takes out the rudder, and Aegis destroyers hold the shield over all of it. Iran's answer so far is claims and threats. It says it hit seven ships but has named none of them. Now it says Gulf airports, pipelines and telecom networks are on the table if strikes resume. Plus: Russia launches 176 drones at Ukraine overnight, and the Pentagon lines up a 10-year framework for 850 F-35s. Full breakdown on YouTube @MaxAfterburnerusa #breakingnews# #currentevents# #militarynews# #maxafterburner# #newsalert#

Iran just took state TV cameras underground. Iran's Army chief, Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami, gave a report from inside an underground drone production center. He announced a new drone that Iran says it will unveil "in the near future" and claimed its drone advantage has reached an "unprecedented level." Iran didn't say where the site is, and nobody has seen the new drone yet. The timing matters. U.S. and Israeli militaries have reportedly drawn up plans for a short, intensive round of strikes on Iran's energy sites, nuclear facilities, and missile and drone stockpiles after the November 3 midterms. The President hasn't authorized it. He also says Iran is inventing incidents in the Strait of Hormuz to push oil prices up before the election. Meanwhile, CENTCOM's blockade just hit 100 days and has kept at least $25 billion in Iranian crude off the market. If this kicks back off, the F-22 Raptor is the jet Tehran has to worry about. In March, CENTCOM says Raptors went after Iran's S-300 and Bavar-373 batteries on day one of Epic Fury and flew more than 200 combat sorties in nine days. U.S. officials say not one Iranian missile fired at them ever got a lock. Iran can bury its drone factory under a mountain. It can't hide the radars that are supposed to protect it. Also in today's breakdown: explosions reported overnight in Sirik on the Strait of Hormuz, cause still unconfirmed. Russia launched missiles at Kyiv hours after the Witkoff-Putin talks. And F-22s landed in Japan as Marines put anti-ship missiles on an island about 110 km from Taiwan. Full breakdown is live on YouTube now. Link in bio. #breakingnews# #currentevents# #militarynews# #maxafterburner# #newsalert#

Iran just put a MiG-29 in the sky near the Iraqi border, at least according to a photo posted this morning. Iran wants you to see that jet. What it didn't post is a video showing a massive explosion at a factory inside Iran. The location and cause aren't confirmed yet. Meanwhile, two U.S. officials say the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit are headed to the Middle East. That's about 10,000 sailors and Marines arriving by the end of November, and three American carriers in the region. Saudi Arabia shot down five drones over the Medina and Eastern regions this morning, and the Houthis deny launching them. Turkey is moving to send military personnel to defend the kingdom, and British Typhoons are already flying defensive patrols overhead. Also today: Russia freed American Air Force veteran Stephen Hubbard as Witkoff met Putin. France is calling in soldiers ahead of Saturday's protests. And the internet tried to bury Kim Jong Un again, until North Korea released new photos. A 35-year-old MiG-29 against three carrier air wings is bringing a Blockbuster card to a Netflix fight. Full breakdown on YouTube now. Link in bio. #breakingnews# #currentevents# #militarynews# #maxafterburner# #newsalert#

Hegseth makes a SECRET trip to Israel as Britain sends fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. America's War Secretary slipped into Israel unannounced and sat down with Netanyahu at a desert air base. The Pentagon isn't commenting on what they discussed. A day later, the U.K. ordered RAF Typhoons to fly defensive missions over Saudi Arabia, guarding cities, oil sites and airports from Houthi drones and missiles. The Typhoon has done this before. In April 2024, RAF Typhoons shot down Iranian drones headed for Israel, in the same fight where American F-15E Strike Eagles took down dozens more. Different mission now, same team. Meanwhile, Iran's Revolutionary Guard says its mines set two tankers on fire in the Strait of Hormuz. There are no ship names and no independent confirmation. CENTCOM says about 97 percent of ships are getting through untouched. Is this the allies tightening the shield before the next round? Drop your read below. Full breakdown on YouTube now. Link in bio. #breakingnews# #currentevents# #militarynews# #maxafterburner# #newsalert#