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More than two dozen American troops have been wounded in Iranian strikes on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia over the past week, the Associated Press reported on March 28, citing two people who were briefed on the matter.
The air base, located in the center of the kingdom, has been serving as a major hub for American aerial operations against Iran, with many KC-135 Stratotankers tankers, E-3 Sentry airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, and E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) planes deployed there.
Iran quickly began to target the base with missiles and drones after the start of the American-Israeli war around a month ago.
AP said that Iran fired six missiles and 29 drones at the air base a day earlier, wounding at least 15 American troops, including five seriously.
United States officials initially reported that at least ten American troops were wounded, including two with serious injuries.
The air base had come under attack twice earlier this week, including an incident that wounded 14 American troops, according to the news agency.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps announced a large-scale attack on Prince Sultan a day earlier, and satellite images released by Iranian media showed some serious damage at the tarmac of the air base, where most American aircraft are parked.
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The images were corroborated by others from the European Union’s Sentinel-2 satellite, which showed damage at the exact same part of the air base.
Spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Brig. Gen. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, said on March 28 that one aerial refueling aircraft was completely destroyed, and three other aircraft were damaged and taken out of operational service.
The Air & Space Forces Magazine confirmed that multiple tankers and a single E-3 AWACS aircraft are among the aircraft damaged at the air base.
Recent U.S. losses were not limited to Saudi Arabia, however. Satellite images released by Iranian media revealed that a P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft was at least damaged as a result of a recent attack by the IRGC on Shaikh Isa Air Base in southern Bahrain.
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These losses were, without a doubt, heavy. A single KC-135 costs around $40 million, while an upgraded E-3 could cost upwards of $300, with a similar price of the P-8.
American aerial operations against Iran will be impacted by these losses, at least to some degree. The casualties will also increase pressure on the administration of President Donald Trump, especially that ground operations in the Islamic Republic are currently being discussed.
Meanwhile, it is becoming more clear that Iran’s offensive capabilities were not impacted as badly as claimed by the U.S. and Israel, and that Iranian retaliatory strikes are in fact becoming more effective.
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a wounded americunt is same as a typical obese feminized ugly normal americunt
all americunts cognitively wounded at birth
houthis enter war will cut off red sea from americunt access—americunt beggars cannot find any allies to unblock hormuz😭
the jooz and amerikunts are being bitchslapped. now hezb. and the houthis are joining in the fun. heheheheh
allahu akbar!!!!
more tax dollars up in smoke have to cut more snap benefits to american poor kids
prince sultan ist not amused.
lots of injuries but no deaths. kind of weird.
clearly narco rubio will be reporting honest american causalities in daily reports to the american people
“over 500 us troops targeted in dubai strikes; heavy casualties expected: iran military”
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the jewish swine launched operation rising lion and a lion finally rose. it was iran…..hahahahah
i hope that iran will finish off the zionist/american zog empire for good. everyone in western europe is occupied by the zionists in washington and israel.
they are destroying the economy they created this war between ukraine and russia. they sabotaged all european economies and their energy supply. made them dependent on the jewsa and gulf states.
these wef penetrated young global leaders need to be removed from our governments
they are traitors who do israels and aipacs bidding they let migrants in by the millions destroy the entire economy and our birh rates they made us a colony of the jewsa and in extension israel. im glad iran is putting an end to it. hopefully we get the chance here to free ourselves from the zionist occupation governments and make peace with russia restore energy supply and trade. washington has exploited us far to long. i also want to see nato abolished.
they are traitors who do israels and aipacs bidding they let migrants in by the millions destroy the entire economy and our birh rates they made us a colony of the jewsa and in extension israel. im glad iran is putting an end to it. hopefully we get the chance here to free ourselves from the zionist occupation governments and make peace with russia restore energy supply and trade. washington has exploited us far to long. i also want to
i also want to see na to dismantled. na to is only serving the jewsa and israel. it makes a strong partnership and economic developement of russian and european nations impossible. washington wants us weak and divided and poor and on the brink. both europe and russia could see massive economic development and growth if we were free from jewsa sabotage.
this artificial conflict has held both sides back from really developing either economy.
that’s why trump shout to mbs just kiss his back side, poor little donny