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US base in Jordan served as outpost for attacks on Iran

Al Mayadeen | June 30, 2026

A United States military base in Jordan served as a regional outpost for US attacks on Iran during the final stages of the recent US-Israeli war on Iran, a source told RIA Novosti on Monday.

According to the source, the Muwaffaq Salti Airbase in Jordan played a central role during the closing phase of the war on Iran.

“During the final stages of the so-called 60-day war, it was Muwaffaq Salti [base] that served as a kind of regional outpost for American operations against Iran,” the source said.

The source added that the United States relied on the Jordanian facility because it had limited regional alternatives for conducting its operations.

“After all, the US’s closest allies in the Persian Gulf – Saudi Arabia and the UAE – did not allow the Americans to use their airspace,” the source claimed.

Iran says use of Jordanian bases clear and undeniable

Amidst the war in March, Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, has flatly rejected the “baseless and misleading accusations” in a letter submitted by Jordan’s UN mission, which denied that Amman had placed its territory at the disposal of the United States to launch attacks against the Islamic Republic.

In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the President of the Security Council, Iravani affirmed that attacks on Iran had been carried out repeatedly from Jordanian territory and airspace, stating that this was “clear and undeniable” and that it entails direct international responsibility for Amman.

Iravani detailed that fighter jets stationed at Jordan’s Muwaffaq Salti Air Base,  including F-15, F-16, and F-35 aircraft, launched strikes on Iran’s southern provinces after being refuelled mid-air over Jordanian airspace, he said.

More so, US aerial refuelling aircraft, including KC-46 and KC-135 tankers, conducted those operations while transiting through Jordanian airspace.

Iran further warned that the use of regional countries’ territory and airspace to target the Islamic Republic exposes US military bases in those countries to Iranian operations.

The Muwaffaq Salti base

The scale of the US military presence at Muwaffaq Salti left little ambiguity about the base’s intended function. Satellite imagery and flight-tracking data published by The New York Times and analyzed by Airbus in mid-February 2026, weeks before the war began, showed a threefold increase in the number of US warplanes at the base.

Between 60 and 70 fighter aircraft were ultimately deployed, including F-35A Lightning IIs, F-15E Strike Eagles, and electronic warfare aircraft. More than 68 military cargo flights delivered munitions and support equipment in a matter of days.

Iran targeted the base repeatedly. A US THAAD radar system at Muwaffaq Salti, valued at approximately $300 million, was destroyed in early March, with satellite imagery confirming the strike.

June 30, 2026 - Posted by aletho | Wars for Israel | Iran, Jordan, United States, Zionism