{"id":6406828,"date":"2026-07-20T11:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/muwaffaq-salti-air-base-iran-attack-us-service-members-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:07:59","slug":"base-aerienne-de-muwaffaq-salti-iran-attaque-des-militaires-americains-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fr\/muwaffaq-salti-air-base-iran-attack-us-service-members-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Que s&#039;est-il pass\u00e9 \u00e0 Muwaffaq Salti ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>La base a\u00e9rienne porte le nom d&#039;un homme mort dans un accident d&#039;avion. Le lieutenant Muwaffaq Salti, pilote de la Force a\u00e9rienne royale jordanienne, a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 au combat contre des chasseurs isra\u00e9liens le 13 novembre 1966 lors de la bataille de Samu. La Jordanie a donn\u00e9 son nom \u00e0 la base d&#039;Azraq, situ\u00e9e dans le d\u00e9sert oriental, et ce nom lui est rest\u00e9 depuis.<\/p>\r\n<p>Vendredi dernier, des missiles balistiques et des drones iraniens ont bombard\u00e9 la r\u00e9gion. Le lendemain, lorsque le commandement central am\u00e9ricain a publi\u00e9 son rapport, trois familles am\u00e9ricaines avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 inform\u00e9es, ou \u00e9taient sur le point de l&#039;\u00eatre, qu&#039;un de leurs proches ne rentrerait pas chez lui.<\/p>\r\n<p>C&#039;est l&#039;histoire d&#039;une base a\u00e9rienne, et c&#039;est ce qu&#039;il y a de moins int\u00e9ressant \u00e0 ce sujet.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 24px 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.8;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px;\">Informations cl\u00e9s<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Base:<\/strong> Base a\u00e9rienne de Muwaffaq Salti, Azraq, Gouvernorat de Zarqa, Jordanie<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Nomm\u00e9 d&#039;apr\u00e8s :<\/strong> Lieutenant Muwaffaq Salti, RJAF, tu\u00e9 au combat le 13 novembre 1966<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Unit\u00e9s r\u00e9sidentielles :<\/strong> Les escadrons 1, 2 et 6 de la Royal Jordanian Air Force, qui y pilotent des F-16 depuis 1997<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>L&#039;attaque :<\/strong> Missiles balistiques iraniens et drones d&#039;attaque unidirectionnels, 17 juillet 2026. Au moins deux missiles ont touch\u00e9 la base.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Victimes am\u00e9ricaines, Jordanie :<\/strong> Deux militaires tu\u00e9s, un port\u00e9 disparu, quatre \u00e9vacu\u00e9s vers l&#039;h\u00f4pital et depuis sortis de l&#039;h\u00f4pital.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Pertes am\u00e9ricaines en Irak :<\/strong> Un militaire a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 le 18 juillet lors de la d\u00e9tonation contr\u00f4l\u00e9e d&#039;un engin explosif provenant d&#039;un drone iranien abattu, un autre a \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Total du CENTCOM au 19 juillet :<\/strong> Trois morts, un disparu<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Tentative pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente\u00a0:<\/strong> Huit missiles balistiques ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tir\u00e9s sur la m\u00eame base le 9 juillet ; tous auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 intercept\u00e9s, aucune victime n&#039;est \u00e0 d\u00e9plorer.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Ce que le Commandement central a confirm\u00e9<\/h2>\r\n<p>La s\u00e9quence, telle qu&#039;elle peut \u00eatre \u00e9tablie \u00e0 partir des d\u00e9clarations du CENTCOM et des m\u00e9dias qui les rapportent, se d\u00e9roule comme suit.<\/p>\r\n<p>Des missiles balistiques et des drones iraniens ont frapp\u00e9 Muwaffaq Salti vendredi. Le CENTCOM a annonc\u00e9 samedi que deux militaires am\u00e9ricains avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s en se d\u00e9fendant contre l&#039;attaque, qu&#039;un autre \u00e9tait port\u00e9 disparu et que quatre autres avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9vacu\u00e9s vers un h\u00f4pital puis autoris\u00e9s \u00e0 en sortir. D&#039;autres ont subi des blessures l\u00e9g\u00e8res.<\/p>\r\n<p>Samedi, dans le nord de l&#039;Irak, un autre militaire am\u00e9ricain a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 et un autre bless\u00e9 lors de la destruction contr\u00f4l\u00e9e d&#039;un engin explosif non explos\u00e9 r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9 sur un drone d&#039;attaque iranien abattu. Dimanche, le CENTCOM a annonc\u00e9 que les \u00e9quipes de recherche avaient retrouv\u00e9 des restes humains non identifi\u00e9s sur le site de l&#039;attaque en Jordanie et que des examens \u00e9taient en cours pour d\u00e9terminer s&#039;il s&#039;agissait de ceux du militaire disparu.<\/p>\r\n<p>Ce bilan confirm\u00e9 fait \u00e9tat de trois morts et d&#039;un disparu. Il porte \u00e9galement \u00e0 seize le nombre de militaires am\u00e9ricains tu\u00e9s dans ce conflit.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Note sur les dates.<\/em> Les sources divergent quant \u00e0 la date de l&#039;attaque contre la Jordanie\u00a0: vendredi 17 ou samedi 18 juillet, principalement parce que la confirmation du CENTCOM est intervenue le lendemain. Nous avons retenu les r\u00e9cits qui situent la frappe le 17 et l&#039;annonce le 18. Certains titres de presse initiaux faisaient \u00e9galement \u00e9tat de quatre morts\u00a0; le bilan officiel du CENTCOM, au moment de la r\u00e9daction de cet article, est de trois morts et un disparu.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #d32f2f; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201c Les militaires ont d\u00e9couvert les restes dimanche sur le site de l&#039;attaque de vendredi en Jordanie. \u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Commandement central des \u00c9tats-Unis<\/strong> \u2014 D\u00e9claration du 19 juillet 2026<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Les noms n&#039;ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 divulgu\u00e9s. Le CENTCOM les garde confidentiels pendant vingt-quatre heures apr\u00e8s la notification des familles, ce qui explique l&#039;absence de ces noms dans cet article. Au moment o\u00f9 vous le lirez, ils figureront peut-\u00eatre dans un communiqu\u00e9 de presse\u00a0: trois noms ordinaires qui ne signifient rien pour la plupart des gens, mais tout pour une poign\u00e9e d&#039;individus.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px; width: 100%;\"><img data-opt-id=226485367  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/royal-jordanian-air-force-f-16-azraq.jpg\" alt=\"F-16 de la Royal Jordanian Air Force \u00e0 Azraq\" width=\"1024\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Un F-16 de la Force a\u00e9rienne royale jordanienne \u00e0 Azraq. Les escadrons jordaniens utilisent ce type d&#039;appareil depuis la base de Muwaffaq Salti depuis 1997. Photo\u00a0: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Pourquoi cette base, et pourquoi maintenant ?<\/h2>\r\n<p>La base de Muwaffaq Salti n&#039;est pas am\u00e9ricaine. C&#039;est une base jordanienne, abritant trois escadrons de F-16, qui accueille des avions am\u00e9ricains et alli\u00e9s depuis la campagne contre Daech et dont l&#039;importance s&#039;est consid\u00e9rablement accrue durant le conflit actuel. Situ\u00e9e dans le d\u00e9sert oriental, sa situation g\u00e9ographique avantageuse et sa longue piste constituent pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment la combinaison qui rend une base a\u00e9rienne pr\u00e9cieuse et en fait une cible.<\/p>\r\n<p>La Jordanie a pass\u00e9 ce conflit \u00e0 tenter d&#039;occuper une position quasi impossible\u00a0: un trait\u00e9 de souverainet\u00e9 avec les \u00c9tats-Unis, une fronti\u00e8re avec Isra\u00ebl, une population nombreuse et peu enthousiaste, et des munitions iraniennes survolant son espace a\u00e9rien. Les frappes du 9 juillet, puis du 17 juillet, sont le prix \u00e0 payer pour cette position, et Amman dispose de tr\u00e8s peu de marge de man\u0153uvre pour r\u00e9agir.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Les calculs qui ont permis \u00e0 quelque chose de passer<\/h2>\r\n<p>Le 9 juillet, huit missiles balistiques iraniens ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tir\u00e9s sur cette m\u00eame base et tous auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 intercept\u00e9s. Aucun bless\u00e9 ni d\u00e9g\u00e2t n&#039;a \u00e9t\u00e9 constat\u00e9, et l&#039;incident est pass\u00e9 presque inaper\u00e7u en dehors de la r\u00e9gion. Le 17 juillet, au moins deux missiles ont r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 atteindre leur cible.<\/p>\r\n<p>La diff\u00e9rence r\u00e9side dans la partie de la d\u00e9fense a\u00e9rienne moderne qui ne fait pas la une des journaux tant qu&#039;elle n&#039;\u00e9choue pas. Les syst\u00e8mes de frappe iraniens associent de plus en plus souvent des missiles balistiques \u00e0 un grand nombre de drones d&#039;attaque unidirectionnels de type Shahed. Ces drones sont lents et individuellement peu performants. Ils co\u00fbtent des dizaines de milliers de dollars. Les intercepteurs qui les neutralisent co\u00fbtent des millions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yjb3pnwlBYU\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Cette asym\u00e9trie est essentielle. Face \u00e0 une attaque mixte, un d\u00e9fenseur doit d\u00e9cider en quelques secondes, avec des informations incompl\u00e8tes, quels drones ne sont que de simples diversions et quels missiles balistiques, d&#039;une valeur de deux millions de dollars, sont r\u00e9ellement capables de tuer. Si vous utilisez vos intercepteurs pour neutraliser les drones, les missiles passeront entre les mailles du filet. Si vous ignorez les drones, ils arriveront. \u00c0 force de pers\u00e9v\u00e9rer, vous finirez par manquer d&#039;intercepteurs, une situation qui, selon certaines sources, touche de pr\u00e8s les pays du Golfe.<\/p>\r\n<p>On compare souvent la d\u00e9fense a\u00e9rienne \u00e0 un bouclier. En r\u00e9alit\u00e9, c&#039;est plut\u00f4t une question de budget. Chaque engagement engendre des d\u00e9penses impossibles \u00e0 renouveler au m\u00eame rythme, et \u00e0 terme, le budget devient inextricable. Vendredi dernier, nous en avons donn\u00e9 un aper\u00e7u concret.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Le nom sur le portail<\/h2>\r\n<p>Il y a l\u00e0 une \u00e9trange et troublante sym\u00e9trie. Muwaffaq Salti a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 en 1966 en d\u00e9fendant l&#039;espace a\u00e9rien jordanien, lors d&#039;un affrontement sans lien avec l&#039;Iran, mais enti\u00e8rement li\u00e9 \u00e0 une autre question de fronti\u00e8res. Soixante ans plus tard, la base qui porte son nom est devenue le lieu o\u00f9 trois Am\u00e9ricains ont trouv\u00e9 la mort dans un conflit qui n&#039;\u00e9tait pas le leur, sur un territoire qui n&#039;appartenait \u00e0 aucun d&#039;eux.<\/p>\r\n<p>Les bases a\u00e9riennes recueillent ces histoires. C&#039;est finalement tout ce qu&#039;est une base a\u00e9rienne\u00a0: une bande de b\u00e9ton qui survit \u00e0 tous ceux qui ont un jour d\u00e9coll\u00e9 de l\u00e0.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Sources\u00a0: Commandement central des \u00c9tats-Unis, The Aviationist, Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, Defense News, NBC News, CNN, Axios, NPR, PBS NewsHour, Washington Post.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f0f4ff; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 16px 20px; margin: 32px 0 8px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: 600; color: #333;\">Articles similaires<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/f-16cj-wild-weasels-f-35-redeploy-middle-east-iran-2026\/\">Les belettes sauvages \u00e0 peine d\u00e9ball\u00e9es<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/battered-but-biting-inside-irans-air-defence-network\/\">Meurtri mais mordant : au c\u0153ur du r\u00e9seau de d\u00e9fense a\u00e9rienne iranien<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/iran-strikes-back-irgc-hits-us-bases-across-the-gulf\/\">L&#039;Iran riposte : les Gardiens de la r\u00e9volution frappent des bases am\u00e9ricaines dans le Golfe<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Des missiles et des drones iraniens ont frapp\u00e9 la base a\u00e9rienne de Muwaffaq Salti en Jordanie le 17 juillet 2026. 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