{"id":17240,"date":"2026-03-14T05:47:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T05:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/5-u-s-air-force-refueling-planes-hit-in-iranian-strike-on-saudi-arabia-wsj-reports-u-s-hits-irans-key-oil-export-hub\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T05:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T05:47:30","slug":"5-u-s-air-force-refueling-planes-hit-in-iranian-strike-on-saudi-arabia-wsj-reports-u-s-hits-irans-key-oil-export-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/5-u-s-air-force-refueling-planes-hit-in-iranian-strike-on-saudi-arabia-wsj-reports-u-s-hits-irans-key-oil-export-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"5 U.S. Air Force refueling planes hit in Iranian strike on Saudi Arabia, WSJ reports; U.S. hits Iran&#8217;s key oil export hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Five U.S. Air &zwnj;Force refueling planes were struck and damaged &zwnj;on the ground &#8288;at Prince &#8288;Sultan &#8288;air base &zwnj;in Saudi Arabia, &#8288;the Wall &#8288;Street Journal reported on Friday, citing two U.S. &#8288;officials.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8288;planes, which were &zwnj;hit during an Iranian missile strike on &zwnj;the Saudi base in recent days, were damaged but not fully destroyed and &#8203;are being repaired, the &zwnj;Journal said, adding that no one was killed &zwnj;in the &#8288;strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the U.S. attacked military targets on Iran&rsquo;s main oil hub of Kharg Island, President Donald Trump said, threatening &zwnj;to strike oil infrastructure on the island if Iran continues to block shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post, Trump said the U.S. military &ldquo;totally obliterated every MILITARY target&rdquo; on the island, but he had decided to leave oil infrastructure intact. &zwnj;The island serves as the export terminal for 90% of Iran&rsquo;s oil shipments &#8288;and lies about 300 miles (483 km) northwest of the strait.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;However, should Iran, or anyone &#8288;else, do anything to &#8288;interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider &zwnj;this decision,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Iran had no ability to defend against U.S. attacks, the president added. &ldquo;Iran&rsquo;s Military, and all others &#8288;involved with this Terrorist Regime, would be wise to &#8288;lay down their arms, and save what&rsquo;s left of their country, which isn&rsquo;t much!&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The move came as oil prices have been whipsawing on Trump&rsquo;s changing comments on the likely duration of the Iran war, which has prompted Iran to attack vessels in the strait, the conduit for &#8288;a fifth of the world&rsquo;s oil.<\/p>\n<p>Trump on Thursday issued a temporary waiver for some purchases of sanctioned Russian &#8288;oil, a move that drew criticism from U.S. &zwnj;allies in Europe for potentially helping Russia fund its war with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Asked when the U.S. Navy will start escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, Trump told reporters on Friday, &ldquo;It will happen soon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump earlier said Iran&rsquo;s attacks on shipping were &ldquo;a last-ditch effort.&rdquo; The U.S. would continue to hit Iran &ldquo;very hard over the next week,&rdquo; he &zwnj;said in a Fox News interview that was recorded on Thursday and aired on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. forces &zwnj;have also suffered casualties. The U.S. military confirmed that all six crew members aboard a refueling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq were dead.<\/p>\n<p>Iran fired more missiles and drones at Israel, and Iranian drones were reported flying into Kuwait, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, &zwnj;Bahrain and Oman.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The Israeli military launched strikes across Tehran. It said its air force had struck more &#8288;than 200 targets in western and central &#8288;Iran over the past day, including ballistic missile launchers, &#8203;air-defence systems and weapons production sites.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"small-caps text-small text-serif\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">&copy; Thomson Reuters 2026.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><sub><\/sub><\/p>\n<div>5 U.S. Air Force refueling planes hit in Iranian strike on Saudi Arabia, WSJ reports; U.S. hits Iran&rsquo;s key oil export hub<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five U.S. Air &zwnj;Force refueling planes were struck and damaged &zwnj;on the ground &#8288;at Prince &#8288;Sultan &#8288;air base &zwnj;in Saudi Arabia, &#8288;the Wall &#8288;Street Journal reported on Friday, citing two U.S. &#8288;officials. The &#8288;planes, which were &zwnj;hit during an Iranian missile strike on &zwnj;the Saudi base in recent days, were damaged but not fully destroyed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/5-u-s-air-force-refueling-planes-hit-in-iranian-strike-on-saudi-arabia-wsj-reports-u-s-hits-irans-key-oil-export-hub\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;5 U.S. Air Force refueling planes hit in Iranian strike on Saudi Arabia, WSJ reports; U.S. hits Iran&#8217;s key oil export hub&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}