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Iranian pilots struck US bases without GPS, claims commander
Published : Friday, 7 August, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Iranian Air Force pilots conducted strikes on US-controlled military bases in the Gulf without relying on navigation systems like GPS or Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), a senior Iranian military commander claimed.
Brig. Gen. Masoud Jafari, Deputy Coordinator of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF), made the remarks on Thursday (August 6).
He stated that years under international sanctions forced Iranian aviators to master low-tech navigation methods, such as paper map reading, to complete combat missions.
"Our trump card was that we emitted no signals whatsoever - neither radio communications nor any electronic emissions from the aircraft," Jafari said.
According to Jafari, the Iranian Air Force executed a low-altitude mission against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on March 2. On the same day, Iranian F-5 fighter jets targeted the US-operated Al-Adiri base in Kuwait.
Four pilots flying Su-24 fighter-bombers took off from Shahid Douran Air Base in Shiraz for the Qatar mission, Jafari added. The body of one pilot, Brig. Gen. Majid Kazemi, was recently returned to Iran, while the fate of the remaining three remains unknown.
Jafari further claimed that the surprise incursions triggered high alerts across US air defense networks. He also alleged that Kuwaiti forces inadvertently shot down three US F-15E Strike Eagle fighters during the operational chaos.
"At the start of US and Israeli operations, the adversary likely did not expect the Iranian Air Force to undertake such a high-risk mission," Jafari said.
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