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Price of Epic Fury: Iran war’s toll on US bases, weapons and more

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Associated Press. (2026, September 15). Price of Epic Fury: Iran war’s toll on US bases, weapons and more. South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3367551/price-fury-report-details-iran-wars-toll-us-bases-weapons-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed

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A Pentagon inspector general report details the costs of the conflict with Iran, including damage to U.S. military bases, aircraft, and diplomatic facilities in the Middle East. The report reveals that the war has led to shortages of advanced weaponry and exposed limitations in the production capacity for munitions resupply. This document provides the most comprehensive official overview yet on how the ongoing operations have affected American resources and infrastructure.
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CBS News has obtained leaked photos from anonymous U.S. military personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, showing extensive damage at U.S. bases following Iranian missile and drone strikes. The images depict destroyed aircraft, collapsed buildings, and burned-out vehicles. One photo captures a $270 million Boeing E-3 Sentry spy plane severely damaged at Prince Sultan Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia, with its tail section ripped off. These photos highlight significant destruction across multiple U.S. positions, raising concerns about the impact of President Trump's war on Iran, which began seven months prior and shows no signs of ending. The Pentagon’s inspector general reported that hundreds of buildings and structures at U.S. bases in eight countries, including Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Jordan, were damaged or destroyed by Iranian strikes.

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Much of the information about Operation Epic Fury has been previously reported over the past six months, but the Pentagon inspector general’s report offered the fullest official accounting so far of the conflict’s costs in American lives, taxpayer dollars and physical damage.
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Price of Epic Fury: Iran war’s toll on US bases, weapons and more Pentagon inspector general offers an official accounting of the war’s costs in expended US munitions and damages asserted
general → offer → munitions
A US government watchdog released its first report on Monday on the impact of the Iran war, acknowledging the military’s advanced weapons shortfalls and offering the first public look at the damage to American aircraft, bases and diplomatic outposts in the Middle East. asserted
watchdog → release → East
Much of the information about Operation Epic Fury has been previously reported over the past six months, but the Pentagon inspector general’s report offered the fullest official accounting so far of the conflict’s costs in American lives, taxpayer dollars and physical damage. asserted
report → report → lives
It included information from the watchdogs for the Defence and State departments as well as the US Agency for International Development. asserted
It → include → Development
The report, whose publication was first reported by NBC News, noted that the US war with Iran “has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply” in regard to advanced weapons. asserted
war → report → weapons
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