{"id":19590,"date":"2026-03-29T09:49:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T09:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=19590"},"modified":"2026-03-29T09:49:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T09:49:45","slug":"iran-claims-destruction-of-u-s-awacs-aircraft-in-saudi-airbase-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/03\/29\/iran-claims-destruction-of-u-s-awacs-aircraft-in-saudi-airbase-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran claims destruction of U.S. AWACS aircraft in Saudi airbase strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Iranian media have reported that a U.S. Air Force Boeing E-3G Sentry AWACS aircraft was destroyed in a missile strike on the Al-Kharj airbase in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Fars News Agency on Sunday, the missile struck a critical section of the aircraft near its tail, where key surveillance systems, including the AN\/APY-2 radar, are located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report said the aircraft, identified with registration number 81-0005, belonged to the U.S. Air Force\u2019s 552nd Air Control Wing based at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Boeing E-3 Sentry is considered one of the world\u2019s most important airborne early warning and control (AWACS) platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There has been no immediate confirmation from U.S. officials regarding the claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Iranian media have reported that a U.S. Air Force Boeing E-3G Sentry AWACS aircraft was destroyed in a missile strike on the Al-Kharj airbase in Saudi Arabia. According to Fars News Agency on Sunday, the missile struck a critical section of the aircraft near its tail, where key surveillance systems, including the AN\/APY-2 radar, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19592,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19590\/revisions\/19592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}