A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing crashed at or near Spangdahlem Air Base in western Germany on 2026-09-22 at approximately 2:30 p.m. local time during a routine training exercise; the pilot ejected safely and received medical care.
On September 12, 2026, U.S. officials disclosed that Iran obtained high-resolution satellite imagery from Chinese entities before launching a July 17 ballistic-missile strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan that killed three U.S. service members. The revelation implicates Chinese support for the Iranian operation.
Iranian missile strikes on September 10, 2026, damaged multiple American military aircraft at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, including at least one A-10 Thunderbolt II. A U.S. official confirmed the damage to Reuters, following earlier reporting by CBS.
Iranian strikes on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan damaged multiple U.S. military aircraft on September 9, 2026, including one A-10 Thunderbolt II that lost a wing and approximately eight F-15s that sustained minor damage, according to U.S. officials announced September 10.
Iran has escalated targeting of Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti Air Base near Al-Azraq in recent weeks as part of broader tensions with the United States, according to reporting on September 9-10, 2026. The base is strategically important to U.S. military operations in the region.