IRGC Claims Missile Strike Destroyed Three US F-35 Jets at Jordan Air Base

Events Preceding the IRGC Strike

Earlier on Thursday, the United States launched missile strikes on multiple locations across southern Iran, targeting areas in Qeshm Island as well as parts of Bushehr, Fars and Khuzestan provinces. The deadliest impact occurred in the Chah Tangu neighborhood of Qeshm, where a residential house was hit, resulting in the deaths of a father, a mother and their two-year-old child. Two other children, aged seven and nine, sustained injuries and were transported to a hospital.

Additional US strikes hit areas near Choghadak in Bushehr Province and locations in the counties of Kazeroun and Farashband in Fars Province, including a sports hall. The IRGC statement accused the United States of using bases in Jordan to launch bunker-buster bombs against two residential houses on Qeshm Island rather than engaging in what it called a fair military confrontation.

IRGC Statement and Regional Messaging

The IRGC's official statement was notably addressed to "the honorable and discerning people of Jordan," crediting their "sincere accompaniment and cooperation" and the positions taken by Jordanian elite groups for having "tightened the noose around the enemy." The statement declared that "our region is no place for a child-killing army that so brutally massacres innocent families in their sleep at midnight."

The IRGC further pledged that the struggle would continue "until the last American occupier is expelled from the Islamic lands," signaling an intent to sustain military pressure on US assets in the region.

What Comes Next

As of Thursday, neither the US Department of Defense nor Jordanian authorities have issued official statements confirming or denying the IRGC's claims regarding damage to F-35 aircraft or casualties at Al Azraq Air Base. Independent verification of the strike's impact remains unavailable. The situation continues to develop, with the potential for further military exchanges between the two nations remaining high.