Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced it struck 21 targets across US military bases in the region, including what it described as four “important targets” at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, known as Al-Azraq, in Jordan. The IRGC’s aerospace division said it used long-range solid-fuel missiles to hit F-35 fighter jet hangars and a US Army command and control center at the facility.
No casualties have been reported from the Jordan-specific strikes. That outcome has been attributed to advance warnings and successful intercepts, though the infrastructure damage tells a different story.
A pattern of escalation across the region
The Al-Azraq strike fits into a broader campaign that has seen around 20 US military sites across multiple countries reportedly targeted by Iranian strikes since the conflict escalated in early 2026.
Key incidents have been reported on March 10, April 2, and May 28, 2026, each representing what appears to be a calculated cycle of retaliation against US air operations in the Middle East. Independent analyses have pegged the damage to US-linked air defense systems at approximately $800 million during the early phases of the conflict.
