US President Donald Trump on Saturday denied media reports that a US tanker aircraft was destroyed during an Iranian attack on a Saudi air base, insisting that none of the aircraft had been “hit” or “destroyed” and that operations had been resumed.
Trump posted on “Truth Social” that the base was indeed attacked a few days ago, but the aircraft was not destroyed in the attack. track U.S.-Iran war real-time updates
“Four of the five planes sustained little damage and are back in service,” Trump wrote, adding that “one had slightly more damage but will be airborne soon.”
“None of them have been destroyed, or come close to being destroyed, as the fake news is saying in the headlines,” he stressed.
Trump refutes media reports.
Trump’s remarks followed reports that wall street journal Alluding to the fact that a U.S. aircraft was hit during recent Iranian attacks on Saudi military installations.
Five U.S. Air Force tanker aircraft at Prince Sultan Air Force Base were destroyed on the ground, the Wall Street Journal reported. The report quoted two U.S. officials as saying the plane had been hit in an Iranian missile attack in recent days.
The report further added that although the aircraft was damaged, it was not completely destroyed and was being repaired. The strike resulted in no casualties, the statement added.
These developments come as the conflict between Israel, the United States and Iran further escalates. Tehran continues to launch missile and drone attacks against Israel and Gulf states, while U.S. and Israeli aircraft have carried out attacks on military and other sites in Iran.
Previously, the U.S. military confirmed that an American Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker tanker crashed in Iraq on Friday, killing all six crew members on board. The KC-135 crash marks the fourth publicly acknowledged loss of an aircraft linked to U.S. operations against Iran. Earlier this month, three U.S. fighter jets were accidentally shot down by friendly forces in Kuwait.
Trump criticizes CNN for airing Iranian state TV show
Trump has repeatedly accused some media outlets of misreporting developments during the conflict.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration criticized CNN for airing for the first time a speech by Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A U.S. government account on X called “Rapid Response 47” accused the broadcaster of amplifying Iranian state messaging.
“Fake News CNN just aired four uninterrupted minutes on Iranian state television run by the same psychopathic, murderous regime that has prided itself on brutally massacring Americans for 47 years,” the account wrote in a post.
