According to a video posted on Fox News on Monday, August 31, 2026, American air defense crews in Jordan moved quickly to intercept a wave of Iranian missiles fired at U.S. bases, as Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst reported live from the field.

He said U.S. forces were actively under fire, with defensive systems working to shoot down the incoming threats as they arrived.

In his words, Trey Yingst said, “U.S. forces at this moment are under attack in Jordan and there are efforts underway to shoot down this incoming fire” he said.

Yingst reported that the missiles appeared to be a mix of ballistic weapons, possibly paired with drones, a combination Iran has used before to try to slip past American air defense systems.

He noted that Patriot missile batteries already stationed in Jordan formed the backbone of the response, and that a U.S. source familiar with the situation said no significant impacts had been confirmed at that point.

He placed the attack in context, explaining it followed U.S. strikes earlier that day on an Iranian island near the Strait of Hormuz, a location Iran had allegedly been using to prepare for relaunching mines into the waterway.

Yingst said U.S. officials viewed Sunday’s barrage as a direct, if expected, reaction to those strikes, noting American forces had known for hours that some form of Iranian response was likely.

Yingst added that while most missiles were being intercepted over Jordanian airspace, the scale of the attack showed Iran still retains medium- and long-range ballistic missile capability.

He said roughly 50,000 U.S. troops remain deployed across the region as a deterrent, even as the administration keeps its primary focus on economic sanctions against Tehran.

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