{"id":9953,"date":"2026-04-04T10:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/04\/us-boeing-ch47-chinook-helicopter-destroyed-kuwait-al-adid-base\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:15:20","slug":"us-boeing-ch47-chinook-helicopter-destroyed-kuwait-al-adid-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/04\/us-boeing-ch47-chinook-helicopter-destroyed-kuwait-al-adid-base\/","title":{"rendered":"US Boeing CH-47 Chinook Helicopter Destroyed at Kuwait&#8217;s Al-Adid Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News outlets have reported that a US Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter was targeted and destroyed at the Al-Adid base in Kuwait. According to these sources, the incident occurred following recent Iran-attributed attacks against US military targets.<\/p>\n<p>The report states that the helicopter was targeted using an Iranian drone. It is said that the military helicopter was valued at approximately $40 million and was stationed at the base at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the Chinook helicopter played a key role in transporting troops, moving equipment, and providing logistical support to US military personnel in the region. This type of helicopter is typically used for transport and support operations in various military zones.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, NBC, citing an unnamed source, reported that a US A-10 aircraft that was targeted entered Kuwaiti airspace and crashed there. So far, no further details have been released regarding potential casualties or official reactions from relevant authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A US Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter was destroyed at Kuwait&#8217;s Al-Adid base in a strike involving an Iranian drone; an A-10 aircraft also crashed in Kuwaiti airspace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}