The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said its Aerospace Force struck the US base at Azraq (Muwaffaq Salti) in Jordan with 12 ballistic missiles, destroying F-35, F-15, and F-16 aircraft and causing extensive damage to facilities. The claim, published by the IRGC on Telegram, is unverified by US or Jordanian authorities and echoes earlier IRGC statements regarding the same base.
At 09:11 Jerusalem time, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a further claim regarding the Al-Azraq Air Base in Jordan. The new posting specifies that 12 ballistic missiles destroyed F-35, F-15, and F-16 fighter jets at the facility. This follows the IRGC's earlier claim, reported by The Zioneer at 08:05 Jerusalem, of a second wave of ballistic missiles hitting US aircraft at the same base.
The Zioneer's coverage of the event began at 04:58 Jerusalem with an initial bulletin reporting unverified Iranian media claims of long-range missiles fired toward US bases in Jordan. Subsequent versions in the story thread, all published at 04:58 Jerusalem, added layers of detail as the IRGC escalated its rhetoric: from an initial unverified report of missiles over Jordan aimed at a US base, to a claim by the IRGC that it had struck F-35 facilities, to a US military report that Patriot and THAAD systems had intercepted the incoming missiles. The Jordanian military, as reported by The Zioneer on June 10 at 06:56 Jerusalem, stated it had intercepted all five Iranian ballistic missiles targeting the base, with no damage or casualties. The version from 08:05 Jerusalem, marked as SAME-THREAD in the desk's wider record, already asserted that the IRGC claimed a second wave of missiles hit F-15 and F-16 aircraft. The current claim, adding F-35s, provides more detail but remains without independent confirmation.
As The Zioneer reported on June 10 at 08:48 Jerusalem, the IRGC also claimed other strikes this morning on US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, framing them as retaliation for a US operation near Bandar Abbas. A background bulletin from June 10 at 10:44 Jerusalem noted the IRGC released footage of a missile operator launching at least 11 solid-fuel missiles toward the same base, threatening to destroy US forces.
The IRGC's latest assertion of destroying F-35, F-15, and F-16 aircraft remains unverified by any independent source, including US Central Command and the Jordanian military. US and Jordanian authorities have not published any account of damage or casualties at Al-Azraq.
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Source and signal
- Internal intake