In an interview, Iranian pilots said they attacked the U.S. Buehring Air Base in Kuwait, describing the explosions as massive and claiming that several U.S. helicopters were hit and burned. They said Kuwaiti air defenses responded, firing missiles at aerial targets, and that three American F‑15 fighters were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti forces, which the pilots said were destroyed simultaneously. The pilots asserted that their tactics prevented the U.S. from tracking or intercepting them.