{"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":"attacco-alla-base-aerea-di-muwaffaq-salti-iran-contro-i-militari-statunitensi-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/muwaffaq-salti-air-base-iran-attack-us-service-members-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosa \u00e8 successo a Muwaffaq Salti?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>La base aerea prende il nome da un uomo morto in un incidente aereo. Il tenente Muwaffaq Salti era un pilota dell&#039;Aeronautica Reale Giordana, ucciso in combattimento contro i caccia israeliani il 13 novembre 1966 durante la battaglia di Samu. La Giordania ha dato il suo nome alla base di Azraq, nel deserto orientale, che da allora porta ancora questo nome.<\/p>\r\n<p>Venerd\u00ec scorso, missili balistici e droni iraniani hanno colpito la zona. Quando il Comando Centrale degli Stati Uniti ha pubblicato il suo resoconto il giorno successivo, a tre famiglie americane era gi\u00e0 stato comunicato, o stavano per essere comunicate, che una persona cara non sarebbe tornata a casa.<\/p>\r\n<p>Questa \u00e8 la storia di una base aerea, ed \u00e8 la parte meno interessante di tutta la vicenda.<\/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;\">Informazioni rapide<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Base:<\/strong> Base aerea di Muwaffaq Salti, Azraq, Governatorato di Zarqa, Giordania<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Prende il nome da:<\/strong> Il tenente Muwaffaq Salti, RJAF, caduto in combattimento il 13 novembre 1966.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Unit\u00e0 abitative:<\/strong> Gli squadroni 1, 2 e 6 dell&#039;aeronautica reale giordana, che operano l\u00ec con gli F-16 dal 1997.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>L&#039;attacco:<\/strong> Missili balistici iraniani e droni d&#039;attacco unidirezionali, 17 luglio 2026. Almeno due missili hanno colpito la base<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Vittime statunitensi, Giordania:<\/strong> due militari uccisi, uno disperso, quattro evacuati in ospedale e successivamente dimessi<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Vittime statunitensi in Iraq:<\/strong> un militare ucciso il 18 luglio durante la detonazione controllata di un ordigno proveniente da un drone iraniano abbattuto, un ferito<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Totale CENTCOM al 19 luglio:<\/strong> tre morti, uno disperso<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><strong>Tentativo precedente:<\/strong> Otto missili balistici lanciati contro la stessa base il 9 luglio, tutti intercettati, nessuna vittima.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Ci\u00f2 che il Comando Centrale ha confermato<\/h2>\r\n<p>La sequenza, per quanto si possa desumere dalle dichiarazioni del CENTCOM e dai media che le riportano, \u00e8 la seguente.<\/p>\r\n<p>Venerd\u00ec, missili balistici e droni iraniani hanno colpito Muwaffaq Salti. Sabato, il CENTCOM ha annunciato che due militari statunitensi sono rimasti uccisi mentre difendevano la citt\u00e0 dall&#039;attacco, uno risulta disperso e altri quattro sono stati evacuati in ospedale e successivamente dimessi. Altri hanno riportato ferite lievi.<\/p>\r\n<p>Sabato, nel nord dell&#039;Iraq, un altro militare statunitense \u00e8 rimasto ucciso e un altro ferito durante la detonazione controllata di un ordigno inesploso recuperato da un drone d&#039;attacco iraniano abbattuto. Domenica, il CENTCOM ha dichiarato che i soccorritori hanno recuperato resti umani non identificati sul luogo dell&#039;attacco in Giordania e che sono in corso le analisi per stabilire se appartengano al militare disperso.<\/p>\r\n<p>Il bilancio confermato sale cos\u00ec a tre morti e uno disperso. Inoltre, il numero di militari americani caduti in questa guerra sale a sedici.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Una nota sulle date.<\/em> Le fonti riportano date diverse per l&#039;attacco in Giordania, se si sia verificato venerd\u00ec 17 o sabato 18 luglio, principalmente perch\u00e9 la conferma del CENTCOM \u00e8 arrivata il giorno successivo all&#039;evento. Abbiamo seguito le fonti che collocano l&#039;attacco il 17 e l&#039;annuncio il 18. Alcuni titoli iniziali riportavano anche quattro morti; la cifra attribuibile al CENTCOM al momento della stesura di questo articolo \u00e8 di tre morti e un disperso.<\/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&quot;Domenica, il personale militare ha ritrovato i resti sul luogo dell&#039;attacco di venerd\u00ec in Giordania.&quot;\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Comando Centrale degli Stati Uniti<\/strong> \u2014 Dichiarazione, 19 luglio 2026<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>I nomi non sono stati resi pubblici. Il CENTCOM li mantiene riservati fino a ventiquattro ore dopo la notifica ai parenti pi\u00f9 prossimi, motivo per cui questo articolo non ne riporta alcuno. Quando lo leggerete, potrebbero essere gi\u00e0 presenti in qualche comunicato stampa: tre nomi comuni che non significano nulla per quasi nessuno, ma tutto per una manciata di persone.<\/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 dell&#039;aeronautica reale giordana ad 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 della Royal Jordanian Air Force ad Azraq. Gli squadroni giordani utilizzano questo modello dalla base di Muwaffaq Salti dal 1997. Foto: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Perch\u00e9 questa base, e perch\u00e9 proprio ora?<\/h2>\r\n<p>Muwaffaq Salti non \u00e8 una base americana. \u00c8 una base giordana, sede di tre squadroni di F-16, che ha ospitato velivoli americani e alleati sin dalla campagna contro l&#039;ISIS e ha assunto un&#039;importanza ancora maggiore durante la guerra in corso. Si trova nel deserto orientale, in una posizione geografica favorevole e con una lunga pista di atterraggio, esattamente la combinazione che rende una base aerea preziosa e al tempo stesso un obiettivo strategico.<\/p>\r\n<p>La Giordania ha trascorso questa guerra cercando di occupare una posizione pressoch\u00e9 impossibile: un rapporto di trattato con gli Stati Uniti, un confine con Israele, un&#039;opinione pubblica numerosa ma poco entusiasta e munizioni iraniane che attraversano il suo spazio aereo. Essere colpita il 9 luglio e poi di nuovo il 17 luglio \u00e8 il prezzo da pagare per questa posizione, e Amman ha ben poco margine di manovra per reagire.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">L&#039;aritmetica che ha permesso a qualcosa di passare<\/h2>\r\n<p>Il 9 luglio, otto missili balistici iraniani furono lanciati contro la stessa base e tutti e otto furono intercettati. Nessuno rimase ferito, nulla sub\u00ec danni e quasi nessuno al di fuori della regione se ne accorse. Il 17 luglio, almeno due missili riuscirono a passare.<\/p>\r\n<p>La differenza sta nella parte della moderna difesa aerea che non fa notizia finch\u00e9 non fallisce. I sistemi d&#039;attacco iraniani abbinano sempre pi\u00f9 spesso missili balistici a un gran numero di droni d&#039;attacco unidirezionali di tipo Shahed. I droni sono lenti e singolarmente poco efficaci. Costano decine di migliaia di dollari. Gli intercettori che li fermano costano milioni.<\/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>L&#039;asimmetria \u00e8 proprio il punto cruciale. Un difensore che si trova ad affrontare un attacco misto deve decidere, in pochi secondi e con informazioni incomplete, quali tracce sono semplici diversivi e quali sono i missili balistici da due milioni di dollari che uccideranno davvero delle persone. Se si impiegano gli intercettori sui droni, i missili riescono a passare. Se si ignorano i droni, i missili arrivano. Se si continua cos\u00ec abbastanza a lungo, si finisce per esaurire gli intercettori, cosa che, a quanto pare, sta accadendo anche agli stati del Golfo.<\/p>\r\n<p>La difesa aerea viene spesso descritta come uno scudo. In realt\u00e0 \u00e8 pi\u00f9 simile a un bilancio. Ogni scontro a fuoco comporta una spesa che non pu\u00f2 essere rimpiazzata al ritmo con cui viene utilizzata, e alla fine i conti non tornano pi\u00f9. Venerd\u00ec abbiamo visto come appare questa situazione dal basso.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Il nome sul cancello<\/h2>\r\n<p>C&#039;\u00e8 una piccola, inquietante simmetria in tutto questo. Muwaffaq Salti fu ucciso nel 1966 mentre difendeva lo spazio aereo giordano, in uno scontro che non aveva nulla a che fare con l&#039;Iran e tutto a che fare con un altro insieme di confini. Sessant&#039;anni dopo, la base che porta il suo nome \u00e8 diventata il luogo in cui tre americani sono morti in una disputa non sua, su un terreno che non appartiene a nessuno di loro.<\/p>\r\n<p>Le basi aeree raccolgono queste storie. In fondo, una base aerea non \u00e8 altro che questo: una striscia di cemento che sopravvive a chiunque sia mai decollato da essa.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Fonti: Comando Centrale degli Stati Uniti, 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;\">Post correlati<\/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\/\">Le donnole selvatiche appena disimballate<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/battered-but-biting-inside-irans-air-defence-network\/\">Malconcio ma implacabile: uno sguardo all&#039;interno della rete di difesa aerea iraniana<\/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 contrattacca: le Guardie Rivoluzionarie colpiscono le basi statunitensi nel Golfo.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian missiles and drones struck Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan on 17 July 2026. 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