{"id":592204,"date":"2026-04-27T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=592204"},"modified":"2026-04-27T23:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:15:00","slug":"report-claims-iranian-jet-bombed-american-base-in-kuwait-at-wars-start-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=592204","title":{"rendered":"Report Claims Iranian Jet Bombed American Base In Kuwait At War’s Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

Report Claims Iranian Jet Bombed American Base In Kuwait At War’s Start<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Iranian attacks on US bases across the Middle East have caused far more damage than the Trump administration has publicly acknowledged<\/strong>, and an Iranian fighter jet was able to bomb at least one US base,\u00a0NBC News<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reported on Saturday, citing unnamed US officials.<\/p>\n

The administration has attempted to cover up the damage to US bases in the war, and has gone as far as\u00a0requesting that Planet Labs<\/a>\u00a0and other satellite imagery companies black out war images<\/strong>, making it difficult to ascertain the damage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0NBC\u00a0report said that the Pentagon has also kept the information on the damage from Congress. \u201cNo one knows anything. And it\u2019s not for lack of asking,\u201d<\/strong> a Republican congressional aide told the outlet. \u201cWe have been asking for weeks and not getting specifics, even as the Pentagon is asking for a record high budget.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iranian missile and drone attacks have targeted US bases in seven Middle Eastern countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iraq, Jordan, and Qatar. US officials said that an Iranian F-5 fighter jet was able to bomb the US base at Camp Buehring in Kuwait despite it having air defenses<\/strong>, marking the first time in many years that an enemy fixed-wing aircraft struck a US military installation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The US armed Iran with Northrop Grumman-made F-5 fighter jets before the 1979 Islamic Revolution<\/strong>, and Iran has developed its own version of the aircraft,\u00a0known as the HESA Kowsar.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kuwait was also the site of a March 1 Iranian drone attack that killed six US Army Reserve soldiers and injured more than 20. The drone targeted a makeshift operations center in Port Shuaiba, and according to survivors of the attack who\u00a0spoke to\u00a0CBS News<\/em><\/a>, the facility was unprotected despite claims from US War Secretary Pete Hegseth that the drone was able to \u201csquirt\u201d through air defenses.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon has confirmed the deaths of at least 13 US soldiers and the injuries of more than 400 in the war. The bases across the region were mostly evacuated since they were so vulnerable to attack, something\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0previously reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of the 13 military bases in the region used by American troops are all but uninhabitable, with the ones in Kuwait, which is next door to Iran, suffering perhaps the most damage<\/strong>,\u201d the\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0reported on March 25.<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0NBC<\/em>\u00a0report said that the headquarters of the US Navy\u2019s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain \u201csustained serious damage\u201d<\/strong> and that other US bases in the country also suffered serious damage that is likely repairable.<\/p>\n

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An Iranian F-5 flew through air defences and bombed the US base in Kuwait. No enemy fighter jet has bombed a US target since Korea https:\/\/t.co\/62L0rbuwq4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nate Bear (@NateB_Panic) April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The report also cited the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a Washington-based think tank, which said it assessed Iran hit more than 100 targets across 11 bases<\/strong>, and that the repairs would cost at least $5 billion, though the number doesn\u2019t account for some of the radars, weapons systems, and other equipment that was destroyed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 04\/27\/2026 – 19:15<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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