RAF Ascension Island is jointly operated by the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Space Force (USSF).

Iran targeted the U.S. military's largest Middle East air base with a missile attack on Monday, June 23, an apparent response to U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities days earlier.

Air raid sirens also sounded in Bahrain, which announced the temporary closure of its airspace on Monday. Bahrain is home to a U.S. naval base that serves as the headquarters of the U.S. 5th Fleet.