Trump spoke about Iran's strike on the US airbase in Saudi Arabia

US President Donald Trump said that the refueling planes of the US Air Force stationed at a base in Saudi Arabia were not destroyed as a result of an Iranian strike. He wrote about this on March 14 on the TruthSocial social network.

"The strike on the base occurred a few days ago, but the planes were not hit or destroyed," Trump said.

According to him, four of the five tankers have no visible damage, and the fifth has received "some damage", but will return to service soon.

"Not a single plane has been destroyed or is close to it," the US president stressed.

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The Wall Street Journal newspaper said on the same day that six people were killed in the crash of an American KC-135 tanker aircraft. The crash of a KC-135 tanker aircraft of the US Armed Forces in Iraq was reported on March 13. CENTCOM stressed that the loss of the aircraft was not caused by enemy or friendly fire.

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