The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said it targeted US fighter jets and aerial refueling aircraft stationed in Jordan and Qatar in new waves of retaliatory attacks after Washington used regional bases to strike civilian infrastructure in southern Iran.
In three statements issued on Friday, the IRGC said the latest waves of Operation Nasr 2 were carried out in response to US war crimes committed during overnight attacks on civilian targets in Iran.
One of the statements addressed the Jordanian people, noting that the US military relocated the forward headquarters of US Central Command (CENTCOM) terrorist forces from Qatar to Al Azraq Air Base in Jordan following Iran's strike on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar last year.
The IRGC said the base also hosts dozens of US aerial refueling aircraft and F-35, F-15 and F-16 fighter jets that have been used to launch attacks against Palestine, Iran and Lebanon.
It said US forces again launched attacks from bases in Jordan on Thursday night, striking civilian targets in Bandar Abbas, including bridges, residential neighborhoods and a water pumping station.
In response, the IRGC said its forces launched the 14th wave of Operation Nasr 2," firing multiple ballistic missiles and numerous drones at US fighter jets and refueling aircraft stationed in Jordan.
“In response to this act of aggression, the fighters of Islam … targeted US fighter jets and aerial refueling aircraft stationed in Jordan in a two-phase attack using multiple ballistic missiles and numerous drones, resulting in the destruction of several US aerial refueling aircraft and fighter jets and causing serious damage to many more,” said the IRGC.
It also called on the Jordanian people and armed forces to "fulfill their divine duty" by acting against the interests of the "aggressor and anti-Islamic United States" and to remove "the stain of the occupying Americans from beloved Jordan."
The attack against US-run base in Jordan comes as reports indicated that 10 aerial refueling aircraft arrived at the base from Europe on Friday morning, a move observers said suggested that refueling aircraft stationed at the base had been hit during the overnight Iranian strikes.
