Qatar confirmed its air defenses shot down Iranian missiles targeting the US' largest base in the Middle East, a spectacular and high stakes light show seen in the darkened skies above the US ally.

The U.S. Air Force's 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, which operates out of the base, announced in 2016 the installation of the $15 million piece of equipment, known as a modernized enterprise terminal.

Al Udeid was the U.S. military’s crown jewel in the Middle East for two decades. Qatar built the base, the largest in the Middle East utilized by the U.S., at a cost of more than $8 billion.

The Iranian attack on Al Udeid Air Base outside of Doha, Qatar's capital, on June 23 came as a response to the American bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran — and provided the Islamic Republic ...

Qatar built the base, the largest in the Middle East utilized by the U.S., at a cost of more than $8 billion. Al Udeid serves as the primary logistics hub and epicenter of U.S. air operations ...

An Iranian attack on an air base in Qatar that's key to the U.S. military hit a geodesic dome housing equipment used by the Americans for secure communications, satellite images analyzed Friday by ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian attack on an air base in Qatar that's key to the U.S. military hit a geodesic dome housing equipment used by the Americans for secure communications… ...