Retaliatory strikes destroy three F-35 jets at US-run Jordan base: IRGC
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"The region is no place for a child-killing army that so brutally massacres innocent families in their sleep at midnight," the IRGC says.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it launched a ballistic missile strike on US-run Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan’s Azraq, destroying three American F-35 fighter jets and heavily damaging three others in retaliation for a US airstrike that killed three members of a family on Iran’s Qeshm Island.

The IRGC’s public relations office issued the statement on Thursday, addressing the “honorable and discerning people of Jordan.”

It thanked Jordanians for their “sincere support and cooperation,” particularly the “clear positions” taken by some Jordanian elites, saying their stance had increased pressure on the United States.

The statement noted that the United States launched an airstrike before dawn using “occupied bases” in Jordan after being unable to confront Iran in direct war.

The IRGC said US forces targeted two residential homes in the Chah Tangu neighborhood of Qeshm Island with heavy bombs, killing a father, a mother and one of their children while wounding two other children. Two other children survived the attack and were taken to hospital for treatment.

“In response to this crime and to help you liberate the Islamic land of Jordan from the scourge of the American occupiers,” the IRGC said, “the Aerospace Force fighters attacked the deployment ramp and maintenance hangar of the enemy’s American F-35 fighter jets at Al-Azraq Air Base this morning with several ballistic missiles.”

The statement said that the strike “completely destroyed three F-35 aircraft and inflicted heavy damage on three others.”

It also said several US officers as well as technical and maintenance personnel were killed in the attack.

“The region is no place for a child-killing army that so brutally massacres innocent families in their sleep at midnight,” the statement said.

“Our struggle, alongside yours, will continue until the last American occupier is expelled from Islamic lands,” it added.

The retaliation comes as the US has been targeting southern Iranian provinces since earlier in July after violating the terms of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.

Tehran has responded with repeated missile and drone attacks targeting US-operated military facilities across the region under Operation Nasr 2 and Operation Sa’eqeh (Lightning).

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    IRGC Claims It Destroyed Three US F-35 Jets in Jordan Strike

    The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims a missile strike on the Al-Azraq air base in Jordan “completely destroyed” three US F-35 fighter jets and badly damaged three others, according to a statement carried by Iranian state media. The claim has not been confirmed by US or Jordanian officials or by independent sources.

    The IRGC said the attack was retaliation for US airstrikes on two residential buildings on Iran’s Qeshm Island, which killed three members of a family, including a 2-year-old child, and wounded two other children. It also claimed, without figures, that US officers and technical staff were killed at the base.

    Jordan’s military, however, said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed five missiles fired from Iran and that the attack caused no casualties. The US has issued no report of any F-35 losses or casualties.

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    CENTCOM says Iranian strikes caused no damage at Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Air Base, but OSINT account @EGYOSINT says new Sentinel-2 satellite imagery shows a distinct burn scar in a storage area used by U.S. forces, consistent with a direct impact.

    Sentinel-2 low-res satellite imagery reveals new damage at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait following recent Iranian ballistic missile strikes. A storage area used by U.S. forces shows a distinct burn scar consistent with a direct impact at coordinates 29.34900, 47.54925.

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    🚫 SECOND CLAIM: The IRGC claims Three U.S. F-35 stealth fighters and three other aircraft were destroyed during a recent Iranian attack on an American air base.
    ✅ FACT: No U.S. aircraft were destroyed or damaged in recent attempted Iranian attacks. All missiles and drones were intercepted or failed to reach targeted areas.

    CentCom denying the claims, but some images show damage to aircraft hangars.