{"id":5187,"date":"2026-03-29T11:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T08:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2026-03-29T11:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T08:08:42","slug":"iranian-missile-strike-on-prince-sultan-air-base-successfully-carried-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/iranian-missile-strike-on-prince-sultan-air-base-successfully-carried-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian missile strike on Prince Sultan air base successfully carried out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Iranian missile strike on the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia damaged an American E-3 Sentry, an airborne warning and control aircraft that is critical in managing battlespace and tracking drones, missiles and aircraft, and aerial refueling tankers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tehran &#8211; IranView24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auto-dir-block\" dir=\"ltr\">At least 12 American personnel were injured in the strike, with two in serious condition. The attack reportedly involved a missile strike on the base along with multiple drones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auto-dir-block\" dir=\"ltr\">The E-3 Sentry AWACS isn\u2019t just a regular plane\u2014it\u2019s a tricked-out Boeing 707 that works as an airborne command center. It can spot targets, identify what\u2019s out there, and keep tabs on battlefield chaos for up to 250 miles all around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auto-dir-block\" dir=\"ltr\">Retired US Air Force Colonel John Venable told the news outlet that the damage could significantly affect Washington\u2019s capabilities in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auto-dir-block\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s a huge deal,&#8221; he said, adding, \u201cIt hurts the US\u2019s ability to see what\u2019s happening in the [Persian] Gulf and maintain situational awareness.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Iranian missile strike on the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia damaged an American E-3 Sentry, an airborne warning and control aircraft that is critical in managing battlespace and tracking drones, missiles and aircraft, and aerial refueling tankers. Tehran &#8211; IranView24 At least 12 American personnel were injured in the strike, with two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":5188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,41,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-defense-and-security","category-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5189,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5187\/revisions\/5189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}