Italian Eurofighter Typhoon Struck In Houthi Attack On Saudi Air Base
- Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto confirmed Friday that an Italian Eurofighter Typhoon was struck during an overnight attack on King Fahd Air Base near Saudi Arabia.
- The Saudi-led coalition confirmed Houthi forces launched multiple ballistic missiles and drones at Abha and Khamis Mushait on September 14, following civil defense warnings about potential threats to the region.
- Deployed since March 2026, Task Force Air-Arabia consists of roughly 300 personnel including Eurofighter jets under Task Group Typhoon; Crosetto stated the specific F-2000 aircraft was parked in a remote area.
- No Italian personnel were injured and no other vehicles or infrastructure sustained damage, as Crosetto personally monitored the situation overnight while maintaining contact with Gen. Luciano Portolano.
- Previously in March 2026, an Italian MQ-9A Reaper drone was destroyed at Salem Air Base in Kuwait, where Italian aircraft have previously reported sustaining shrapnel damage in regional operations.
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An Italian fighter jet was seriously damaged on the ground during air strikes on a military base in Saudi Arabia, the Italian Defense Ministry said, as quoted by Reuters, reports News.bg. The Eurofighter, designated F-2000, was parked in a remote area of the Saudi military base in Taif. No one was injured in the incident. "There was no other damage to the vehicles or infrastructure used by our personnel," Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said. Ho…
Italian Eurofighter Typhoon Struck In Houthi Attack On Saudi Air Base
The Italian MOD has just announced that an Italian Air Force Eurofighter was hit overnight at Al Taif Air Base in Saudi Arabia. An Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon, deployed to Al Taif Air Base, officially known as King Fahd Air Base, in Saudi Arabia, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, was damaged in a […]
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An Italian Eurofighter was heavily damaged by airstrikes on a military base in Saudi Arabia, the Italian Ministry of Defense reports. The jet was parked at a military base in Taif, near Mecca. No one was injured.
Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said that an Italian Eurofighter F-2000 fighter was damaged during the attack on the Saudi air base Al-Taif on Thursday night. At the same time, according to him, none of the Italian soldiers were wounded or killed, but other equipment and facilities that he uses
No one was injured in the attack.
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