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ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundPrince Sultan Air Base, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

Iranian strike on Saudi air base wounds U.S. troops and destroys an AWACS plane

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Local time
1:24 AM in Riyadh, Mar 28
Where
Prince Sultan Air Base, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia

Iran fired six ballistic missiles and 29 drones at Prince Sultan Air Base, wounding at least 10 U.S. service members, two seriously, according to U.S. officials; AP sources later put the toll at 15. CBS News verified images of a U.S. E-3 Sentry surveillance aircraft destroyed on the tarmac.

Why it matters

Losing an AWACS plane and more than two dozen troops wounded at the base in a week showed Iran could still reach high-value U.S. assets inside Saudi Arabia four weeks into the war.

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