RIYADH: Five US Air Force refueling planes were struck and damaged on the ground at Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing two US officials.
The planes, which were hit during an Iranian missile strike on the Saudi base in recent days, were damaged but not fully destroyed and are being repaired, the Journal said, adding that no one was killed in the strikes.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said four of five tanker planes targeted in an attack on a base in Saudi Arabia suffered “virtually no damage.”
“Four of the five had virtually no damage and are already back in service. One had slightly more damage, but will be in the air shortly,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Trump criticised reports from US media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, which reported on Friday that Iranian strikes damaged five US Air Force refueling planes on the ground at Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia. The Journal said that no one was killed and the planes were being repaired.
