The United States Central Command announced that the death toll of service members in Operation Epic Fury had risen to six as of Monday afternoon.
"As of 4 pm ET, March 2, six U.S. service members have been killed in action. U.S. forces recently recovered the remains of two previously unaccounted for service members from a facility that was struck during Iran's initial attacks in the region," CENTCOM said in a statement. "Major combat operations continue. The identities of the fallen are being withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification."
On Sunday, President Donald Trump addressed the first three deaths in the operation, noting that more were expected.
"We expect casualties with something like this," Trump told NBC at the time. "We have three, but we expect casualties - but in the end it's going to be a great deal for the world."