The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its missile and drone strikes destroyed U.S. maintenance centers, warehouses, and a surveillance balloon guidance system, claiming several American personnel were killed in retaliation for prior U.S. actions inside Iran.
Kurdish security officials countered that coalition forces downed 10 drones with no casualties, while satellite data confirmed fires at the site around 2:58 a.m. local time near hangars and fuel areas. Neither Iraqi nor U.S. officials have detailed damage or losses amid ongoing regional tensions, though flights at the airport continued uninterrupted.