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An operations center targeted by an Iranian drone strike that killed six American soldiers was located in a civilian port in Kuwait, more than 10 miles away from the main Army base.

The first American service members to die in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran were killed in an apparent Iranian drone attack on a makeshift office space in Kuwait, sources told CBS News.

Six U.S. service members killed in action in Kuwait during the U.S. and Israel's military operation against Iran over the weekend were based out of an Army Reserve unit in Des Moines, the Pentagon

KUWAIT CITY, March 2 (Reuters) - Kuwait's ⁠air ⁠defences mistakenly shot down three U.S. F-15 ⁠fighter jets during active combat on Monday, U.S. Central Command said on Monday, describing it as an ​apparent friendly-fire incident during the conflict with Iran.

Three U.S. fighter jets involved in the offensive against Iran were shot down mistakenly by Kuwait’s air defenses, the U.S. military’s Central Command said.

The video was one of several circulating online in early March 2026 claiming to show downed U.S. planes and aircrew.

Three American fighter jets were "mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses," CENTCOM said in a statement ​Monday, as the war with Iran continued for a third day.