BREAKING: Active-duty U.S. service members have leaked exclusive photos revealing the scale of damage from Iranian missile and drone strikes across the Middle East — saying "We're not defending these bases. We're just watching them get destroyed." — damage they say the Pentagon has hidden from the American public, per CBS News.
One image shows a direct hit on an E-3 Sentry at Prince Sultan Air Base, its tail severed from the charred fuselage. Barracks and buildings stand hollowed out next to intact T-walls that proved useless against aerial assault. At Camp Buehring in Kuwait, trailers and vehicles are destroyed. Camp Arifjan shows similar damage.
The inspector general's report confirms it: $3.7 billion in equipment losses, nearly 60 aircraft destroyed, and strikes at U.S. bases across Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, and Jordan.
One service member told CBS News: "This is major damage to our bases that hasn't been communicated to the American public." Another put it bluntly: "We're standing there with our eyes closed getting punched in the face."
These are not "squirters" getting through, the service member said — referencing Hegseth's language after the attack on Port of Shuaiba that killed six U.S. troops. "We're not defending these bases. We're just watching them get destroyed."
Mike