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U.S. Says Kuwait Shot Down Three F‑15s in Friendly‑Fire Incident

An allied probe follows losses that officials link to crowded Gulf combat with high misidentification risk.

A burning aircraft falls from the sky in Al Jahra, Kuwait, in this still image obtained from social media video released on March 2, 2026.
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Overview

  • At 11:03 p.m. ET on March 1, three U.S. F‑15E Strike Eagles supporting Operation Epic Fury went down over Kuwait in what CENTCOM called apparent friendly fire by Kuwaiti air defenses.
  • All six aircrew ejected, were recovered by joint teams, and are in stable condition according to U.S. and Kuwaiti authorities.
  • Reuters‑verified video from the Al Jahra area shows a fighter descending with a parachute visible, corroborating eyewitness accounts of crashes near Ali Al Salem Air Base.
  • The Pentagon’s top general said the downings were not from hostile fire, countering Iranian state‑media claims that the IRGC struck a U.S. aircraft.
  • Kuwait reported intercepting hostile drones the same day as debris injured two workers at the Mina Al‑Ahmadi refinery and smoke was reported near the U.S. Embassy, with an investigation into the shootdowns underway.