Iran claims ballistic missile strike destroyed 3 US F-35 jets at Jordan air base
Iran said its ballistic missiles destroyed three F-35 jets and damaged three more, while the United States said all incoming missiles were intercepted.
- On Friday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it destroyed drone hangars and fuel facilities at the US-operated Ali Al Salem airbase in Kuwait, while US Central Command denied damage, stating no aircraft were harmed.
- Regional hostilities have broadened since February, with the IRGC previously claiming it "completely destroyed" three F-35 fighter aircraft at Jordan's al-Azraq airbase and vowing to continue until "the last American occupier is expelled from the Islamic lands."
- Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, disrupting oil shipments, while a separate drone strike damaged energy infrastructure in Egypt on Wednesday, with maritime intelligence firm Kpler identifying the affected vessels as Energos Winter and GasLog Salem.
- The IRGC's Ansar al-Mahdi branch reported three personnel were killed on July 30 while "defending Iran's borders and people," as CENTCOM stated more than 20 US warships remain vigilant enforcing the blockade across the region.
- Addressing citizens on Friday, the IRGC affirmed military actions against "occupying and looting forces" will persist, following Kuwait's condemnation of a "heinous" Iranian strike on a Chinese-owned building in northern Kuwait that killed one worker.
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Tehran. Iran claimed yesterday that it destroyed three F-35 U.S. fighters during its attack on the Azraq military base in Jordan. The Pentagon rejected the claim. Earlier, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed to have attacked U.S. bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, after U.S. forces bombed a building on the Iranian island of Qeshm, where a couple and their son were killed Wednesday night.
The Iranian military said on Friday it had carried out drone strikes against US military facilities in Kuwait.
Iran has responded to the recent US attacks by attacking Kuwait.
Iran's military is active in the military and drones with American military personnel in Kuwait Friday.
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