Multiple US military aircraft have crashed over Kuwait, local authorities said, marking the Pentagon’s first known air assets downed in the US and Israel’s latest war with Iran.
The Kuwaiti Army said on Monday that “several US military aircraft crashed this morning,” and that all crew members involved were safe and in stable condition.
The Pentagon, US Central Command, and US Air Forces Central did not respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider.
Kuwaiti authorities did not say which aircraft went down, nor did they state the reason for the crashes.
Recent social media footage showed a fighter aircraft resembling an F-15E Strike Eagle falling to the ground in a tailspin. A separate clip appeared to show two parachutes descending.
Business Insider could not independently verify when the footage was shot, but it corresponds visually to a location in Al Jahra, on the western outskirts of Kuwait City.
That puts the crash site roughly six miles east of the Ali Al Salem US Air Base, which has been actively fending off hundreds of Iranian missile and drone attacks this weekend.
Videos also showed two uniformed personnel on the ground, appearing to cautiously interact with civilians. Another clip appears to show a man wearing a flight helmet sitting in the trunk of a non-military hatchback.
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The McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle is a twin-seat aircraft intended to be flown by a pilot and a weapons systems officer.
The US Air Force fields over 400 F-15 Eagles, battle-proven multirole strike fighters that have been deployed in combat since the Gulf War.
Meanwhile, the US military said on Sunday that three American service members were killed and another five were seriously wounded amid the Pentagon’s combat operations against Iran.
“And sadly, there will likely be more,” President Donald Trump said in a statement that day. “Before it ends. That’s the way it is.”
The US and Israel launched a barrage of strikes against Iran on Saturday, killing the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and hitting over 2,000 targets.
