These facilities are located in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates (UAE), says a Pentagon 44-page report, the first one
since the US and Israel launched the war in late February.
The heaviest damage was sustained in Iraq with over US$157 million in
costs, followed by Kuwait with more than US$14 million in damages and US$11.5
million in Saudi Arabia.
In the UAE, the US diplomatic post suffered US$125,000 in damages.
The US mission in Iraq experienced over 600 Iranian attacks.
The Iranian military has targeted various US military bases in the Gulf
since Operation Epic Fury kicked off on February 28 this year.
Tehran has also inflicted heavy damages on diplomatic and intelligence
outposts in those countries.
From February 28 to June 29, the Pentagon has estimated the cost of war
to be US$33.4 billion, but that does not include costs for infrastructure
repairs.
In July, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Senate lawmakers that the
Iran war’s estimated cost was US$37.5 billion, a sum that some experts
argued was a low estimate.
The State Department, meanwhile, reported that as of June 2, it had
incurred US$113 million in costs related to the war and “as it continues to
assess damage, costs are likely to rise.”
In addition, 18 US service members have been killed and some 800
wounded in the more than six-month war.
About 50,000 American troops are still deployed to the region, with the
Trump administration yet to provide a clear exit strategy from the deeply
unpopular conflict.
Top administration officials have at times downplayed the damages
Iranian one-way attack drones and missiles have inflicted on US military bases,
aircraft and other assets in the US Central Command (Centcom) theater.
Last week, President Trump denied news reports that several US military
jets were damaged in Iran’s attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.
“None whatsoever. No damage. No nothing,” the president said in
an interview with The Hill’s sister network NewsNation when asked
about one A-10 Thunderbolt losing a wing and eight F-15s sustained light
damage.
More than 50 US aircraft have been damaged or destroyed since the Iran
war began, according to the watchdog’s report, including 4 F-15Es, seven KC-135
refueling aircraft, four AH-6 helicopters and at least 30 MQ-9 Reaper
drones.
But some top officials were more candid.
“They blew the hell out of Bahrain,” the acting US Navy Secretary Hung
Cao said in an interview last week with The Epoch Times when
asked about the level of damage Naval Support Activity Bahrain (NASB), which serves
as the headquarters for US Naval Forces Central Command and the US Fifth Fleet,
had sustained since the conflict began.
The Navy has used the NASB as its main logistics hub in the Middle
East. The service branch is weighing what to do with the base, including if it
should be repaired.
“I have a task force that’s looking at that,” Cao said.






