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Photos obtained by CBS News show extensive damage to U.S. military positions across the Middle East following Iranian missile and drone attacks. The images, provided anonymously by active service members, depict significant destruction at Prince Sultan Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia and Camp Buehring in Kuwait, including a severely damaged E-3 Sentry aircraft and hollowed-out buildings. A Pentagon report to Congress revealed equipment losses worth up to $3.7 billion, with nearly 60 aircraft affected across eight countries. Deployed service members criticize the lack of defense measures at these bases.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-15,
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Summary of Iran-US War Developments
Between February 28 and June 30, the United States and Israel launched "Operation Epic Fury," a military campaign against Iran that cost an estimated $33.4 billion, with nearly $22.3 billion spent on munitions alone. The Pentagon's Inspector General report to Congress revealed significant challenges, including strategic inventory shortfalls and industrial bottlenecks in resupplying munitions. Iranian retaliatory strikes damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings at U.S. bases across the Middle East, including up to 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones, four F-15 fighter jets, one F-35 jet, and seven KC-135 tanker aircraft.
President Donald Trump has dismissed concerns about munitions shortages, stating that the U.S. possesses "virtually unlimited" supplies of ammunition. However, Pentagon officials acknowledge significant expenditures in both personnel deployment and weaponry use, which have led to strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply. The report highlights the need for streamlining procurement processes and stockpiling critical materials to prepare for potential future contingencies.
The cost of repairing damaged facilities and replacing lost or damaged aircraft is not included in the current estimate, indicating that the total financial impact could be even higher. Despite these challenges, U.S. officials maintain readiness for any potential contingency while considering diplomatic avenues to end hostilities with Iran. (Total cost: $33.4 billion; munitions expenditure: $22.3 billion)
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New photos obtained exclusively by CBS News reveal for the first time the widespread damage and destruction of buildings and vehicles at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East, as a result of Iranian missile and drone attacks.
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photos → obtain → attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members on condition of anonymity because of rigid media restrictions within the military.
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images → send → military
"This is major damage to our bases that hasn't been communicated to the American public," one deployed service member told CBS News.
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member → communicate → News
"We're standing there with our eyes closed getting punched in the face."
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eyes → stand → face
One photo, taken at Prince Sultan Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia, shows a direct hit on the back half of a Boeing E-3 Sentry four-engine aircraft, its tail severed from the charred fuselage that also supported a rotating radar that is essential for collecting midair intelligence.
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that → take → intelligence
Other photos taken from the base show hollowed-out buildings and barracks whose shells ironically stand next to unaffected cement "T-wall" structures, which were once regarded as critical fortifications against grenade and mortar attacks but proved critically ineffective against an aerial assault.
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which → take → assault
Similarly grim pictures were captured at Camp Buehring in Kuwait, a major staging area for U.S. Army ground troops, armored vehicles and some aircraft; the post is located in a remote desert region far northwest of Kuwait City.
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post → capture → City
The Defense Department's inspector general this week
a fresh report on the war in Iran that revealed "equipment losses" worth up to $3.7 billion — including nearly 60 aircraft.
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that → reveal → aircraft
In a first-of-its-kind mandatory report to Congress, the inspector general added that U.S. Central Command reported at U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan.
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Command → add → Kuwait
The Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment.
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Pentagon → respond → comment
"These are not 'squirters' getting through," the service member added, referencing
used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after the deadly March 1 attack on Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait that killed six U.S. troops.
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that → get → troops
"We're not defending these bases.
asserted
We → defend → bases
We're just watching them get destroyed."
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them → watch → ?
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