{"success":true,"data":{"id":"c115b4b5-a96b-4fed-9128-87ab1fd7f517","title":"New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian attacks","summary":"Exclusive New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks Jonah Kaplan Jonah Kaplan is an award-winning correspondent and investigative journalist who has built a strong reputation for his balanced reporting, thoughtful interviews, and deeply researched c...","content":"Exclusive\n\n# New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks\n\nJonah Kaplan\n\n Jonah Kaplan is an award-winning correspondent and investigative journalist who has built a strong reputation for his balanced reporting, thoughtful interviews, and deeply researched coverage of high-impact issues affecting the communities across the country. Based in Minneapolis, his work appears on all of CBS News' programs and platforms, including the CBS Evening News, CBS Mornings and CBS 24/7. \n\nSeptember 15, 2026 / 5:14 PM EDT / CBS News\n\nNew photos obtained exclusively by CBS News reveal for the first time the widespread damage and destruction of buildings and vehicles at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East, as a result of Iranian missile and drone attacks.\n\nThe images were sent to CBS News by active service members on condition of anonymity because of rigid media restrictions within the military.\n\n\"This is major damage to our bases that hasn't been communicated to the American public,\" one deployed service member told CBS News. \"We're standing there with our eyes closed getting punched in the face.\"\n\nUndated photo of plane damaged by Iranian strikes at Prince Sultan AFB, Saudi Arabia.\n\nOne photo, taken at Prince Sultan Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia, shows a direct hit on the back half of a Boeing E-3 Sentry four-engine aircraft, its tail severed from the charred fuselage that also supported a rotating radar that is essential for collecting midair intelligence.\n\nAftermath of Iranian strike on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, undated photo\n\nUndated photo of trailers destroyed by Iranian strike, Camp Buehring, Kuwait\n\nOther photos taken from the base show hollowed out buildings and barracks whose shells ironically stand next to unaffected cement \"T-wall\" structures, which were once regarded as critical fortifications against grenade and mortar attacks but proved critically ineffective against an aerial assault.\n\nSimilarly grim pictures were captured at Camp Buehring in Kuwait, a major staging area for U.S. army ground troops, armored vehicles and some aircraft; the post is located in a remote desert region far northwest of Kuwait City.\n\nUndated photo of car destroyed during U.S. conflict with Iran, Camp Buehring, Kuwait.\n\nUndated photo of building damaged by Iranian strike, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait\n\nThe Defense Department's inspector general this week released a fresh report on the war in Iran that revealed \"equipment losses\" worth up to $3.7 billion — including nearly 60 aircraft. In a first-of-its-kind mandatory report to Congress, the inspector general added that U.S. Central Command reported Iranian strikes at U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan.\n\nThe Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment.\n\nUndated photo of aftermath following Iranian strike, Prince Sultan AFB, Saudi Arabia\n\n\"These are not 'squirters' getting through,\" the service member added, referencing language used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after the deadly March 1 attack on Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait that killed six U.S. troops. \"We're not defending these bases. We're just watching them get destroyed.\"\n\n### The War with Iran More\n\nIn:","source_name":"CBS News","source_url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-photos-damage-u-s-kuwait-saudi-arabia-iran-drone-missile-attacks/","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-photos-damage-u-s-kuwait-saudi-arabia-iran-drone-missile-attacks/","author":"Unknown Author","author_name":"Unknown Author","published_at":"2026-09-15T21:14:00.000Z","publication_date":"2026-09-15T21:14:00.000Z","image_url":"https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/09/15/2729a1ee-b525-4945-b85b-8a7c860bfb34/thumbnail/620x349/56ddcded5fd9f48678e3b99c5aa717f9/image-1-1.jpg#","category":"world","topic":"world","tags":[],"political_bias":null,"bias_score":null,"confidence_score":null,"credibility_score":null,"factual_quality":null,"reading_time":3,"word_count":504,"view_count":0,"breaking":false,"breaking_news":false,"ai_analysis":null,"fact_check_status":"unverified","archive_status":"hot","language":null}}