Exclusive New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks Jonah Kaplan Jonah Kaplan is an award-winning…
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# 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 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.
September 15, 2026 / 5:14 PM EDT / CBS News
New 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.
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members on condition of anonymity because of rigid media restrictions within the military.
"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."
Undated photo of plane damaged by Iranian strikes at Prince Sultan AFB, Saudi Arabia.