An Iranian strike damaged nine U.S. military aircraft at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan this week, including one A-10 Thunderbolt II and eight F-15 fighter jets, a U.S. official said. The official spoke anonymously in an account reported by Defense News.
The A-10, also known as the Warthog, was left with a missing wing, the official said. The eight F-15s sustained lighter damage and were returned to service. The account identified the aircraft and the reported condition of each type but did not provide a monetary estimate for the damage.
The aircraft were damaged during Iranian strikes on the base this week. The report did not provide further details about the timing of the impacts, the specific weapons used, or the circumstances under which the aircraft were hit. It also did not describe additional damage to facilities or other equipment at Muwaffaq Salti.
The attack also led U.S. forces to fire roughly 30 Patriot interceptors against incoming missiles, the official said. The reported launches came as U.S. officials and analysts were assessing the number of air-defense interceptors available during the conflict.
Specific U.S. interceptor inventory figures are classified. The Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated that about 65% of U.S. Patriot interceptors had been expended between February and July. The estimate put the number remaining below 850, compared with 2,330 before the war began. Those figures are an outside estimate, not an official disclosure of the current inventory.
The aircraft damage was reported alongside earlier losses and damage involving U.S. military equipment. More than two dozen American drones had already been destroyed, while other aircraft had been lost or damaged in accidents. A May Congressional Research Service report placed the number of U.S. military aircraft lost or damaged in the conflict at 42 before the latest strike.
The strike at the Jordanian base followed a sequence of U.S. and Iranian actions described in the report. U.S. forces said they had destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers. The United States said its strikes were in response to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeting a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice over the preceding two days.
The conflict began in February. By the time of the report, 18 U.S. service members had been killed and more than 800 injured, according to the account. The reported damage at Muwaffaq Salti added nine aircraft to the equipment affected during the conflict, although eight of the F-15s were returned to service.
Muwaffaq Salti Air Base is in Jordan and has been used by U.S. forces. The report focused on the condition of the aircraft after the Iranian attack and did not provide a detailed assessment of the base’s broader operational status. It also did not specify how long repairs to the A-10 would take or whether the aircraft would return to service.
The reported damage underscores the direct effect of the strike on U.S. aircraft at the base while the wider conflict continues to involve missile attacks, air-defense operations and losses of military equipment.