Multiple U.S. military aircraft were damaged in overnight Iranian strikes from Tuesday to Wednesday local time on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, CBS News reported on Wednesday.
Citing people with direct knowledge of the matter, CBS News said that "roughly eight F-15s sustained light damage and were reportedly placed back into service, according to the people familiar with the damage."
One A-10 Thunderbolt, known as the Warthog, was struck and was missing a wing, and no U.S. deaths have been reported in Iran's strikes on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, the report said.
The strikes came after the U.S. said Tuesday it attacked five Iranian tankers in retaliation for Iran targeting a U.S. Navy warship.
"U.S. forces in Jordan launched more than 30 Patriot missiles defending against the Iranian strikes in Jordan," CBS News said.
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that its aerospace forces had targeted a U.S. air base in Jordan in retaliation for the "aggressive" attacks by the United States against Iranian oil tankers.
The IRGC said in a statement that it struck a hangar for the maintenance, repair and deployment of the U.S. Army's F-35, F-16 and F-15 fighter jets and a shelter for the U.S. fighter aircraft at the Al-Azraq Air Base, "inflicting heavy damage on the enemy."
U.S. fighter jets damaged in Iranian strikes on military base in Jordan: U.S. media
China's border inspection authorities processed a total of 499 million inbound and outbound passenger trips in the first eight months of 2026, up 8.7 percent year on year, official data showed on Thursday.
Of the total, 242 million entries and exits were made by mainland residents, 196 million made by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents, and 61.287 million made by foreign nationals, up 10 percent, 8.9 percent and 19.5 percent year on year, respectively.
Among foreign nationals entering China, 23.72 million entered visa-free, accounting for 77.6 percent of all foreign entries and marking a 26.8 percent increase year on year.
Border authorities inspected 28.148 million trips by various means of transportation, up 15 percent year on year. This included 665,000 flight trips, 75,000 train trips, 306,000 ship journeys, and 27.102 million motor vehicle trips, up 0.5 percent, 5.6 percent, 4.1 percent and 15.6 percent over the same period of last year, respectively. In recent years, the National Immigration Administration has rolled out a series of measures to facilitate cross-border movement of people and support high-level opening-up and high-quality development. These measures have significantly shortened clearance times for both Chinese and foreign travelers and transportation vehicles, while continuously improving port clearance convenience.
China sees surge in cross-border passenger trips in first eight months
