Illustrative image. (Tasnim News Agency)
United States bases and equipment in the Middle East took “extensive” damage as a result of Iranian retaliatory strikes after the start of the American-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic, NBC News reported on April 24.
The report cited three U.S. officials, two congressional aides, another person familiar with the damage, in addition to an assessment by the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington.
NBC News said that the damages from Iranian retaliatory strikes against U.S. military bases in seven Middle Eastern countries were “far worse than publicly acknowledged and is expected to cost billions of dollars to repair”.
Iran hit dozens of targets, including warehouses, command headquarters, aircraft hangars, satellite communications infrastructure, runways, high-end radar systems and dozens of aircraft, according to the report.
It added that Iran used missiles, drones and even fighter jets to target U.S. bases in the region, despite previous claims by the U.S. military that the Iranian air force had failed to use fighter jets against American targets.
An outdated F-5 fighter jet from the Iranian air force managed to slip past all air defenses and strike a U.S. military base in Kuwait.
The base was identified as Camp Buehring, a huge staging post in northwestern Kuwait that serves as the primary location for the U.S. Army’s Middle Eastern Theater Reserve. It provides critical live-fire ranges in the wider Udairi Range Complex area, in addition to desert-familiarization training meant to prepare tens of thousands of troops for combat operations in the region.
The post is capable of hosting dozens of helicopters, and has an airstrip especially for military cargo aircraft and combat drones.
The Iranian air force received more than 300 F-5 from the U.S. starting in the 1960s and all the way through the 1970s. Less then 40 are reported to be still in service, and beside being completely outdated, they are in a poor operational condition.
The attack on Camp Buehring was, according to NBC News, the first successful strike by a foreign fighter jet on U.S. forces in decades.
NBC News’ report was not surprising as satellite images and photos leaked online have already revealed billions worth of U.S. military losses. These losses were not just damaging in the financial sense, but even on the operational level. The Iranian air force strike on Camp Buehring is one example of how U.S. military capabilities were degraded as a result of Iranian retaliatory strikes.
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who woulf have thought taht in the 21 fist century after christ, the five freedom fighters woulf be fighting aginists their masters, and the phanthoms and the tomcats too. and even the phoenix the 23 hawks and even the ababil birds from the the one thousand and one nights.
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so much for us gov bluster about iranian loss of airpower.
the biggest damage of all is to us military prestige. countries who once feared the wrath of the usadmin no longer do so as alternative choices are now available. the usadmin has wasted 100’s of billions on pet projects and making their friends rich whilst their military advantage was superceded by nations under us/nato sanctions.
if more countries put their mind to it they can fully free themselves from the israeli zog empire.
the united states needs a full turn around to get rid of the jews and it will only happen when enough are jew aware and these evangelical boomers who keep supporting israel loose their positions of power.
evangelical boomers are the biggest idiots on the planet their greatest ally israel spits in their faces
this signals that the us can not keep bases in the region. a fact the american military complex and media are covering up. admitting that iran controls and will keep hormuz is not in public consumption. the current cease fire seems temporary.
k-e-r-b-o-o-m! give that pilot a coconut! the iranian air force has been 100% wiped out, according to trumpy. but the surviving 0% is causing a lot of damage.
only the shadow knows.
yesterday, trump asked kegseth to assemble a battalion of spelunkers equipped with radiation suits and dustpans to sneak in under the cover of darkness and make off with the goods.
the big bad wolf tried and tried but couldn’t blow iran’s house down.
fitting outcome for such a blowhard as trumplestein.
the alawites and russians are traitors and that is why iran will be destroyed. there is no solution. at least i hope the payment is appropriate.i hope these dump’s fools will completely destroy the ozone layer and will no longer dream of going to mars because they will be able to see the martian desert in latakia. that in ten years they will only have sand in latakia instead of sheep and wheat and in the summer it will be +80 during the day and -1 at night.
no sheep no wheat
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