Sophie Gable—Daily Mail Feb 21, 2026
More than 60 attack aircraft were captured on satellite imagery on Friday at a US base in Jordan, in the latest sign that Trump is planning to strike Iran.
Dozens of aircraft were seen parked at the base, known as Muwaffaq Salti, according to flight tracking data reviewed by the New York Times.
The 60 aircraft are about triple the number of jets that are normally stationed there. At least another 68 cargo planes have also landed at the base since Sunday.
Satellite imagery also revealed several drones, helicopters, F-35 stealth jets, and new air defenses have landed at the base.
Anonymous Jordanian officials told the Times they hope negotiations will prevent military action in the region, but that American planes are deployed at the base as part of a defense agreement between the two countries.
Donald Trump has alluded to striking Iran in the coming days, telling reporters on Friday that he was considering military action to pressure Iranian officials to negotiate the terms of the country’s nuclear program.
White House sources previously told the New York Times and CNN that the US was prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend.
Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace, Trump said that the US would ‘maybe’ make a deal with Iran.
‘You’re going to be finding out over the next, maybe, 10 days,’ he added. Trump later said the maximum timeline was 15 days.
Indirect negotiations between Iranian and US officials in Geneva reportedly lasted about three and a half hours on Tuesday, according to CNN.
Iran’s top negotiator said both sides agreed upon a ‘set of guiding principles, while a US official said there were ‘still a lot of details to discuss.’
A European diplomat briefed on the negotiations told the Washington Post that Iran is not willing to negotiate on its right to enrich uranium, which is the most-used fuel for nuclear power.
The diplomat added that Trump’s decision to increase military support in the region was reassuring to some officials, but noted that there was concern over an ‘extended conflict,’ adding it would be ‘bloody.’
‘And it could bring more countries, either deliberately or by miscalculation, into the war,’ the diplomat said.
A US official speaking anonymously also told the Washington Post that Trump’s top national security advisors met in the Situation Room on Wednesday to discuss Iran.
Karoline Leavitt told reporters the same day that Iran was expected to provide additional information on negotiations ‘in the next couple of weeks.’
‘I’m not going to set deadlines on behalf of the president of the United States,’ she added.
Leavitt said that diplomacy was always the president’s ‘first option,’ but didn’t rule out military action, adding there were ‘many reasons and arguments’ supporting a strike against Iran.
Sources briefed on the military operations have also previously told multiple publications that the Olympics pose a roadblock for potential military action.
The Daily Mail has reached out to the Department of War and the White House for comment.
Those parked jets will make a tasty morsel for Iranian missiles.
Trump isn’t doing anything. Nutjob is in control. The only way nutjob would bomb Iran would be if he thought the tribe in israhell wouldn’t get bombed in return. Does nutjob think that? You tell me…
The only way it’ll happen is if iran is toothless and/or nutjob can take out all whatever iran has before they can launch them. There won’t be any “ground war” because nutjob has the entire american and european armies to burn through, whereas iran has only their own busified conscripts.
Choosing to go up against an enemy that can actually fight back means this will be a real-world test of many US weapons that have not been tested in combat before. Like the F-35. Dropping bombs on Palestine and killing masses does not qualify it as a world-beating weapons platform. A people-killing platform, yes; but only after it has gone up against other talented weapons AND WON can it be called world class. I somehow doubt it has those capabilities within it but maybe now we’ll see.
Oh how chilling it is….another pretend war coming to keep the looting of the treasury into the pockets of generals and contractors, all seem related to each other. All in the family, includes that rascal khomene, probably a distant cousin of T the Great.
NOT gonna happen.
America might be dumb… but it doesn’t appear to have a death-wish
The end of the United States is at hand
BUWWARKK…BUK…BUK…BUKK
TACO Trump
I predict, and most of my predictions are wrong, but I believe Israil will be part of the initial strike and unbeknown to USA their planes will be loaded with nukes. USA will not be able to say they did not know and this will drag them into the greater middle east war. Stock up on moringa.
we in the UK must do our but
boycott all jewish shops and supermarkets
the jews love of money is their weakness