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“Total Capitulation”: How Operation Epic Fury is Forcing Iran to Surrender

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Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft flies above a U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft during Operation Epic Fury in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility April 5, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during Operation Epic Fury on April 5, 2026. (US Air Force)

On the Brian Kilmeade Show, Rebeccah Heinrichs analyzes the strategic dismantling of the Iranian regime. As President Donald Trump’s naval blockade takes hold, Heinrichs explains how the United States has successfully “judo-flipped” the power dynamic in the Strait of Hormuz—turning Iran’s greatest leverage into its biggest weakness.