Photos Revealed After Iranian Attack on U.S. Military Base in the Middle East

The U.S. side released multiple photos on the 15th showing the extensive damage to U.S. military bases in the Middle East following attacks by Iran, marking the first time such destruction has been publicly displayed.

According to reports, these photos were provided anonymously by active-duty U.S. military personnel, and the specific times of the photos were not indicated. One photo taken at the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia shows that the rear section of a U.S. E-3 AWACS was directly hit, with the tail severed from the charred fuselage. Reports state that the radar on the E-3 AWACS is a core component of the U.S. military's aerial intelligence collection.

Several other photos depict the scenes after Iranian missile and drone attacks on U.S. military bases at Camp Buehring and Camp Arifjan in Kuwait, showing severe damage to buildings and vehicles.

U.S. military personnel: Insufficient defense of U.S. bases in the Middle East

An anonymous U.S. military personnel stated that the bases have suffered significant damage, and the American public is unaware of this. “We just stand there, with our eyes closed, letting others punch us in the face. This is not what U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin referred to as a 'leak' in the defense line. We are not defending these bases at all; we are just watching them get destroyed.”