Air Force hit 20 Iranian arms production, research sites in past day — IDF

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force F-35I fighter jet prepares to take off for strikes in Iran, in a handout photo published on March 19, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force F-35I fighter jet prepares to take off for strikes in Iran, in a handout photo published on March 19, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

In the past day, the Israeli Air Force struck 20 Iranian weapon production facilities and research and development sites, the military says.

According to the IDF, during a wave of strikes this morning, IAF jets dropped 80 bombs on several targets, including a site where “essential components” for ballistic missile engines were manufactured, a site where experiments for ballistic missile engines were conducted, and an air defense system production site.

Earlier, the military said that it would complete targeting all of the “critical” assets of Iran’s military production industries by tomorrow.

The military says it also struck infrastructure at the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps air force in Tehran, along with ballistic missile launch and storage sites and air defense systems, as part of the wave of strikes this morning.

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