Iran Attacked a US-Protected Convoy – 41 Minutes Later, Their Largest Naval Base Was Gone.lh

The 12 missiles from the USS Monterey struck headquarters buildings, communications facilities, and the patrol boat maintenance area.

At 12:15, 41 minutes after the attack on the convoy, the first JDAM dropped from a Super Hornet.

The naval base at Bandar Abbas was being systematically dismantled.

The F/A-18s made multiple passes, each adding to the destruction.

Boat pens collapsed, cranes toppled, and fuel farms ignited.

The Iranians attempted to respond; two F-14 Tomcats, though ancient, scrambled from a nearby airfield.

However, they were intercepted by American F/A-18s before reaching the combat zone, and both Iranian pilots ejected safely.

By 12:35, the strike was complete.