Donald Trump arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for his second dignified transfer amid the raging war on Iran.

The President is honoring six more US service members who died since the conflict began – bringing the total American death toll to 13.

After he was branded ‘disrespectful’ for wearing a white and gold USA hat when receiving the remains of six other fallen soldiers earlier this month, Trump decided to ditch the cap this time around.

He was joined by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, House Speaker Mike Johnson and several Republican senators and other White House staff.

Wednesday marks the third trip US forces have had to make to Dover Air Force base with the remains of fallen soldiers since Trump green-lit the first round of attacks against Iran on February 28.

More than 200 service members were reported wounded since the conflict began, but Hegseth said at a press conference that many have recuperated and are back serving.

Trump says that the war is ‘ahead of schedule,’ and even claimed last week that it was already won. 

But fears are circulating after Iran refused to back down that the conflict could span the entire spring and summer.

President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth arrive for the dignified transfer of six US military members killed on a refueling plan in a mid-air crash over western Iraq last week

Trump shakes House Speaker Mike Johnson’s hand as they arrive for the dignified transfer of six service members killed in a plane crash over Iraq airspace last week

US Central Command confirmed last week that all six military crew members of a refueling mission died in a mid-air collision in ‘friendly airspace.’ Above is the American plane that survived the crash and landed safely with minor damage to the tail

Central Command officials wrote to request the Pentagon, according to Politico, requesting more intelligence officers so headquarters in Tampa, Florida could support the war with Iran for ‘at least 100 days but likely through September.’

Trump said in a phone call with the Daily Mail just days after the first strikes that the war would be over in four weeks or less. His self-imposed timeline has changed since then to upwards of six weeks.

And since then, American troops have died and been injured in the fighting in the Middle Easy.  

The President went to Delaware on March 7 to honor the first casualties of the conflict with Iran – six Army Reserve soldiers were killed in a drone attack in Kuwait in the first hours of the war.

A seventh died on March 8 from injuries sustained during a March 1 Iranian attack on a US Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

Trump did not attend the March 9 dignified transfer but did send Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine to receive the soldier’s remains.

Trump was excoriated for being ‘disrespectful’ to the fallen troops when he wore a hat during the dignified transfer of the first six soldiers killed in the war with Iran

On March 12, six more American service members were confirmed dead in what appears to be an unfortunate accident involving two planes crashing in friendly airspace.

All crew on a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker that went down over western Iraq last week died. The other aircraft involved in the crash landed safely with just some damage to the plane’s tail.

There are 13 known deaths of US forces associated with the war in Iran.