{"id":24902,"date":"2026-09-16T08:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T08:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=24902"},"modified":"2026-09-16T08:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T08:12:33","slug":"getting-punched-in-the-face-photos-reveal-aftermath-of-iran-strikes-on-us-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=24902","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Getting punched in the face\u2019: Photos reveal aftermath of Iran strikes on US bases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134281012,imgsize-129228,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/us-airforce-base.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Getting punched in the face\u2019: Photos reveal aftermath of Iran strikes on US bases\" title=\"Undated photo of plane damaged by Iranian strikes at Prince Sultan AFB, Saudi Arabia. (CBS News)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Undated photo of plane damaged by Iranian strikes at Prince Sultan AFB, Saudi Arabia. (CBS News)\">Undated photo of plane damaged by Iranian strikes at Prince Sultan AFB, Saudi Arabia. (CBS News)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New photos exclusively obtained by CBS News are helping ascertain the devastating level of damage caused to multiple US bases across the Middle East following Iranian missile and drone attacks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The photos were provided to CBS News by active-duty US service members who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing strict military restrictions on media access.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>\u201cThis is major damage to our bases that hasn\u2019t been communicated to the American public,\u201d one deployed service member told CBS News. \u201cWe\u2019re standing there with our eyes closed getting punched in the face.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>A photo taken at Prince Sultan Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia, shows a direct hit on the rear section of a Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft. <!-- -->Its tail was severed from the charred fuselage, which housed a rotating radar system used for collecting airborne intelligence.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Photos from the base also showed buildings and barracks gutted by the attacks. Some damaged structures stood beside intact concrete \u201cT-walls\u201d that had been used as fortifications against threats such as grenades and mortars.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Camp Buehring, Kuwait\" msid=\"134281072\" imgsize=\"1477036\" resizemode=\"4\" width=\"\" title=\"Aftermath of Iranian strike on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, undated photo (CBS News)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/imgsize-1477036,msid-134281072\/camp-buehring-kuwait.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Aftermath of Iranian strike on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, undated photo (CBS News)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>CBS News also obtained photos showing significant damage at Camp Buehring in Kuwait, a major staging area for US Army ground troops, armoured vehicles and some aircraft in a remote desert region northwest of Kuwait City.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>The images showed destroyed trailers, damaged buildings and a vehicle that appeared to have been hit in the Iranian attacks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Camp Buehring, Kuwait\" msid=\"134281082\" imgsize=\"1647853\" resizemode=\"4\" width=\"\" title=\"Undated photo of car destroyed during US conflict with Iran, Camp Buehring, Kuwait.\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/imgsize-1647853,msid-134281082\/camp-buehring-kuwait.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Undated photo of car destroyed during US conflict with Iran, Camp Buehring, Kuwait.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Another photo showed the aftermath at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait, with a building bearing visible damage.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Camp Arifjan, Kuwait&lt;br&gt;\" msid=\"134281117\" imgsize=\"1702619\" resizemode=\"4\" width=\"\" title=\"Undated photo of building damaged by Iranian strike, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/imgsize-1702619,msid-134281117\/camp-arifjan-kuwaitbr.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Undated photo of building damaged by Iranian strike, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>The new images come as the Defense Department\u2019s inspector general this week released a report on the war in Iran that disclosed up to $3.7 billion in \u201cequipment losses\u201d, including nearly 60 aircraft. <!-- -->According to the report, US Central Command had recorded Iranian strikes on American bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>The service member who spoke to CBS News also disputed the characterisation that Iranian attacks were merely isolated weapons slipping through US defences.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>\u201cThese are not \u2018squirters\u2019 getting through,\u201d the service member said, referring to language used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after a March 1 attack on Kuwait\u2019s Port of Shuaiba that killed six US troops.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>\u201cWe\u2019re not defending these bases. We\u2019re just watching them get destroyed,\u201d the service member told CBS News.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/getting-punched-in-the-face-photos-reveal-aftermath-of-iran-strikes-on-us-bases\/articleshow\/134280951.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undated photo of plane damaged by Iranian strikes at Prince Sultan AFB, Saudi Arabia. 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