Leaked Photos Reveal Massive Devastation at US Military Bases After Retaliatory Iranian Strikes

• by Akanksha Mishra
• 2026-09-16 16:57:00

American media network has revealed unprecedented levels of structural destruction across United States military installations in West Asia following waves of Iranian missile and drone strikes. Photographs leaked by deployed American service members speaking on the condition of anonymity show that the actual scale of operational devastation had been kept hidden from the American public. Among the most critical damage documented is at Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan Air Base, where a high-value Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft sustained a direct impact, leaving its tail assembly completely severed from the charred fuselage and crippling its vital reconnaissance radar array, while nearby living quarters, hangars, and tactical command facilities were reduced to rubble.

₹30,000 Crore Equipment Losses Across Kuwait and Gulf as Soldiers Dispute Pentagon's Official Stance

The devastation extends deep into Kuwait, where striking visuals from Camp Buehring—a primary logistical staging ground for US armored units and infantry—depict burnt-out tactical vehicles, destroyed operational trailers, and gutted maintenance warehouses, alongside extensive blast damage recorded at Camp Arifjan. The leaks follow a damning assessment from the Pentagon's Department of Defense Inspector General, confirming that equipment losses have surpassed ₹30,000 crore (several billion dollars), with roughly 60 military aircraft compromised across installations tracked by US Central Command in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, and Jordan. Speaking out against official statements by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth downplaying the strikes as isolated incidents, one frontline soldier bitterly likened the vulnerability to standing blindfolded while taking punches, lamenting that troop deployments were left watching strategic air bases suffer devastating hits without sufficient defensive intercept shields.

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