{"id":637842,"date":"2026-07-19T10:13:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T10:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=637842"},"modified":"2026-07-19T10:13:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T10:13:36","slug":"two-us-troops-killed-one-missing-after-iran-strikes-jordan-air-base-night-eight-launched-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=637842","title":{"rendered":"Two US Troops Killed, One Missing After Iran Strikes Jordan Air Base \u2014 Night Eight Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran struck Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan on Friday night with ballistic missiles and drones, killing two U.S. service members and leaving a third missing in action, according to CENTCOM. Four additional soldiers were treated and released at a Jordanian hospital. The deaths \u2014 the first confirmed American combat fatalities from Iranian fire in months \u2014 bring the total toll to 16 dead and more than 430 wounded by CENTCOM\u2019s own figures. One American soldier remains unaccounted for.<\/p>\n

President Trump directed U.S. forces to launch Night Eight of strikes Saturday evening, with CENTCOM stating the mission was designed to \u201cswiftly punish\u201d the IRGC units responsible for the Jordan attack. The eighth night of operations hit coastal surveillance systems, air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites across southern Iran, per CENTCOM. Trump declared the U.S. was \u201cwinning big in Iran\u201d and signaled no end to operations. In response, an Iranian military spokesman declared the Strait of Hormuz would \u201cnever return to its pre-war status\u201d \u2014 a statement that, if acted upon, rewires the global energy market permanently.<\/p>\n

Iran simultaneously expanded its Gulf retaliation campaign. Kuwait confirmed early Sunday that its air defenses intercepted Iranian missiles and drones, and the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation reported severe damage to an oil facility in Mangaf after what it described as \u201crepeated, brutal Iranian attacks.\u201d Iran claimed it struck two U.S. military bases in Kuwait with surface-to-surface missiles and caused a \u201cmassive fire\u201d \u2014 a claim Kuwait has not independently confirmed, as AP reported. Qatar reported a child was injured by falling missile debris from an intercepted Iranian projectile. Bahrain reported fresh Iranian strikes targeting U.S. aircraft at bases there as well. The State Department simultaneously issued a worldwide travel advisory telling all Americans to \u201cexercise increased caution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sixteen U.S. deaths and 430-plus wounded are Washington\u2019s own numbers \u2014 with no independent verification mechanism in place and the U.S. controlling its own information battlefield, the true cost of this conflict remains an open question.<\/p>\n

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