FB-010 · "The cost of Operation Epic Fury he won't talk about."

On 12 May 2026 Acting Pentagon Comptroller Jules Hurst testified that Operation Epic Fury had cost $29 billion (revised from $25 billion thirteen days earlier; officials told CBS the real figure is closer to $50 billion). One day later the Congressional Research Service published Report IN12692 listing 42 American military aircraft lost or damaged, including 24 MQ-9 Reapers, 4 F-15Es (three of them shot down by friendly fire), 1 F-35A damaged by ground fire, and an E-3 Sentry damaged on "an unprotected taxiway." CENTCOM reports 13 US service members killed and 381 wounded. Iran retains 440.9kg of 60%-enriched uranium; the IAEA classifies the verification blackout as the largest in its history. The Senate has advanced a War Powers Resolution 50-47. The Bureau presents the administration's own primary documents next to the administration's own primary speeches, and proceeds.