A CBS report, cited by Israeli journalist Asaf Rozentzweig (N12), reveals that eight F-15 fighter jets were lightly damaged and one A-10 Thunderbolt lost a wing in Tuesday night's Iranian ballistic missile attack on Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. Jordan stated 18 of 20 missiles were intercepted, but the remaining two caused the damage. The damaged F-15s have reportedly been returned to service.
A CBS report, relayed by Israeli journalist Asaf Rozentzweig (N12), has provided the first specific assessment of damage from Iran's ballistic missile attack on Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti Air Base on Tuesday night. The report states that eight F-15 fighter jets were lightly damaged and one A-10 Thunderbolt lost a wing, with the damaged F-15s reportedly returned to service. This follows earlier unverified reports and satellite imagery analyses that suggested possible damage but without specific aircraft types or numbers.
The attack was first reported at 00:24 Wednesday, when The Zioneer reported that Iran launched 20 ballistic missiles at US bases in Jordan, with 18 intercepted and two landing. Later that same hour, unverified reports indicated American aircraft were damaged. Satellite imagery analyses published by The Zioneer on Saturday June 13 had suggested possible damage to an F-16 and hangars, but without confirmation. On Thursday at 05:28 Jerusalem, unverified reports again claimed American aircraft were damaged. The CBS report now provides concrete figures, though the condition of the A-10 remains unconfirmed and the Pentagon has not commented.
The Tuesday night attack was part of a broad Iranian retaliatory wave against US forces in the region following US strikes inside Iran, as The Zioneer reported on June 10. The IRGC had claimed destruction of F-35 hangars at Al-Azraq base, but those claims were not independently verified.
What remains open: the exact condition of the A-10, whether any other aircraft were affected, and official confirmation from the Pentagon or Jordanian authorities. The report is based on a single CBS source cited by an Israeli journalist.
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