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U.S. President Donald Trump denied that Iranian missiles damaged U.S. military aircraft at a base in Jordan during a recent ballistic missile barrage, contradicting earlier CBS News reporting that cited multiple sources describing damage to several aircraft.
In an exclusive phone interview with NewsNation, Trump was asked about reports that Iran had damaged U.S. warplanes during its latest retaliation.
"Nope," Trump said.
Asked to confirm there was "no truth to that," Trump responded: "None whatsoever. No damage. No nothing."
CBS News reported Sept. 10 that multiple American military aircraft were damaged in Iranian strikes overnight Tuesday into Wednesday local time on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
One A-10 Thunderbolt attack aircraft, known as the Warthog, was struck and lost a wing, the sources told CBS. Roughly eight F-15 fighter jets sustained light damage and were returned to service, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
No U.S. deaths were reported in connection with the strikes.
The damage came after the U.S. said Tuesday it had struck five Iranian tankers in retaliation for Iran targeting a U.S. Navy warship. In response, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it launched attacks on eight tankers and two warships, including the base in Jordan.
U.S. forces in Jordan fired more than 30 Patriot missiles defending against the Iranian strikes, according to CBS.
The report came as U.S. officials have raised concerns about rapidly shrinking supplies of Patriot missiles and other precision-guided munitions.
The Faytuks Network, an open-source intelligence outlet, reported that satellite images taken Sept. 10 by China's SuperView Neo-1 satellite showed extensive damage to a new aircraft hangar area and apron at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base following what it described as an Iranian ballistic missile attack involving cluster munitions on Sept. 9.
The network said a review of imagery found the same section of the base had also sustained damage in a mid-July Iranian ballistic missile attack and had been undergoing repair work until the end of August.
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