“Targeting those airfields and getting a lucky hit or two is not beyond reason, but if you take a look at the pictures available online of that particular AWACS aircraft, it's obvious that was specifically targeted,” said Mark Gunzinger, the Mitchell Institute’s director of future concepts and capability assessments. The E-3 was one of numerous U.S. military assets targeted at the air base, and marks one of the more expensive aircraft losses since the start of the Trump administration’s war with Iran that began Feb. 28. The aircraft tracks a wide range of airborne threats and can transmit them to other aircraft for a complete picture of friendly and enemy aircraft and missiles in chaotic battle zones.
Author: Thomas Novelly
Published at: 2026-03-31 22:39:29
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