What happened

A renewed Iranian strike combining missiles and drones hit Prince Sultan Air Base on 27 March 2026, wounding 12 U.S. service members — two of them seriously — and damaging multiple U.S. refueling aircraft, according to Military Times. U.S. Central Command had not responded to requests for comment at the time of reporting. This is a separate, later incident from the 16 March 2026 strike on the same base's KC-135 tankers recorded elsewhere on this site; the reviewed reporting did not state whether the same aircraft were affected again.

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