ALISON KOSIK, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. AND REPORTS SHOW IRAN ALSO ISSUED AN ATTACK IN SAUDI ARABIA FRIDAY, LEAVING AT LEAST 15 U.S. TROOPS HURT. FIVE OF THOSE SERIOUSLY HURT. NEW. TODAY, WE’RE LEARNING THAT AN AIRCRAFT FROM TINKER AIR FORCE BASE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED IN THAT ATTACK. THE PRINCE SULTAN AIR FORCE BASE WAS. AIR BASE WAS HIT BY IRANIAN MISSILES AND DRONES. NOW, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL IS REPORTING THIS AND PHOTOS CIRCULATING ONLINE YOU SEE RIGHT THERE SHOW THE AIR FORCE E-3 SENTRY AWACS WAS HIT WHILE ON THE GROUND. SEVERAL OTHER REFUELING PLANES WERE ALSO REPORTEDLY DAMAGED. WE DID REACH OUT TO TINKER, WHO CANNOT CONFIRM THEIR AIRCRAFT WAS HIT. AS A MATTER OF POLICY, AND REFERRED US TO U.S. SENATE.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION. THROUGH OUR OWN RESEARCH, THOUGH, WE FOUND A PHOTO OF AN AIRCRAFT WITH THAT SAME TAIL NUMBER WITH 552ND AIR CONTROL WING DURING AN EXERCISE IN 2022. THAT VIDEO THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE ON YOUR RIGHT HAN
A U.S. Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft from Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma was reportedly destroyed after a strike by Iran in Saudi Arabia. Pictures posted to the social media page Air Force amn/nco/snco show the plane heavily damaged by the Iranian missile and drone attack at the Prince Sultan Air Base. The plane has the letters “OK” with the numbers 0005 visible on the tail of the aircraft, corresponding with the E-3 Sentry AWACS “Captain Planet” that has the serial number 81-0005 and is based at Tinker in Midwest City. >> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5’s Morning NewsletterTinker did not confirm whether an AWACS from the base was involved in the strike. “Our units remain ready to support national defense requirements. As a matter of policy, with respect to operational security, Tinker AFB does not discuss specific unit participation in exercises or operations. Further questions should be directed to USCENTCOM,” Tinker Air Force Base Public Affairs said in a statement. >> Video Below: Sen. James Lankford calls for more US intervention to end Iran conflictKOCO also cross-referenced the photos with a picture of an E-3 Sentry fleet posted on the 552nd Air Control Wing’s website, which included the aircraft. The picture was taken at Tinker Air Force Base on Aug. 11, 2022. KOCO 5 Field Meteorologist Michael Armstrong photographed the AWACS in January, just months before it was reportedly destroyed. “Tough loss for the AWACS and Tinker AFB community. Photos have been leaked showing this jet: 81-0005 ‘Balls-5’ destroyed while parked at the Prince Sultan Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia from a missile and drone attack,” Armstrong said in a Facebook post. >> Video Below: Video shows AWACS from Tinker fly just weeks before Iranian strike that reportedly damaged itAt least a dozen U.S. troops were injured in the attack. Top HeadlinesPolice investigate overnight stabbing at The Collective in MidtownThis new scam could trick you into downloading malwareOHP: Person dead after crash involving ATVs in Pottawatomie CountyMore than 1,000 wild horses set to be rounded up, removed from western U.S. in 2026‘Do you think I’m stupid?’ Judge calls out woman for denying she’s driving during Zoom hearing
A U.S. Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft from Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma was reportedly destroyed after a strike by Iran in Saudi Arabia.
Pictures posted to the social media page Air Force amn/nco/snco show the plane heavily damaged by the Iranian missile and drone attack at the Prince Sultan Air Base. The plane has the letters “OK” with the numbers 0005 visible on the tail of the aircraft, corresponding with the E-3 Sentry AWACS “Captain Planet” that has the serial number 81-0005 and is based at Tinker in Midwest City.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5’s Morning Newsletter
Tinker did not confirm whether an AWACS from the base was involved in the strike.
“Our units remain ready to support national defense requirements. As a matter of policy, with respect to operational security, Tinker AFB does not discuss specific unit participation in exercises or operations. Further questions should be directed to USCENTCOM,” Tinker Air Force Base Public Affairs said in a statement.
>> Video Below: Sen. James Lankford calls for more US intervention to end Iran conflict
KOCO also cross-referenced the photos with a picture of an E-3 Sentry fleet posted on the 552nd Air Control Wing’s website, which included the aircraft. The picture was taken at Tinker Air Force Base on Aug. 11, 2022.
KOCO 5 Field Meteorologist Michael Armstrong photographed the AWACS in January, just months before it was reportedly destroyed.
“Tough loss for the AWACS and Tinker AFB community. Photos have been leaked showing this jet: 81-0005 ‘Balls-5’ destroyed while parked at the Prince Sultan Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia from a missile and drone attack,” Armstrong said in a Facebook post.
>> Video Below: Video shows AWACS from Tinker fly just weeks before Iranian strike that reportedly damaged it
At least a dozen U.S. troops were injured in the attack.
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