Two US soldiers killed and one missing after Iranian missile and drone attack on Jordan base
On 17 July Iranian ballistic missiles and drones struck the U.S.‑used Muwaffaq Salti (Al‑Azraq) air base in Jordan. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that two American service members were killed in action, a third is missing, and four others were wounded and later released from Jordanian hospitals. Additional personnel with minor injuries have returned to duty.
The casualties raise the U.S. death toll in the renewed Iran‑U.S. conflict to 16 since the escalation began in February. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed the attack destroyed several U.S. aircraft at the base. In the same wave of hostilities Iran also hit U.S. facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain, while the United States has conducted nightly strikes on Iranian targets, reporting at least 50 Iranian deaths over the past week.
These events mark the first U.S. fatalities since the clash resumed in March and threaten the fragile cease‑fire that had paused direct combat between the two nations.