It looks like the US jets were about to land in the US airbase, which is part of the Kuwait Airport, which is less than 15 miles from the Kuwait Water Towers.
Kuwait has its primary air defenses set up to protect the Water Towers. These are a combination desalination complexes, that pump into water storage tanks.
They are better defended than oil installations. They can afford to lose oil, but water is vital to their survival.
My first trip to Kuwait, I asked about the towers and the military installations and I was told that they're meant to protect water from Iranian aggression.
I can see how 3 planes, on their way to land, not being concerned, and some ill trained Kuwaiti newbie freaking out thinking he's about to lose his head, literally, thinking an Iranian plane or drone, is about to force the Emir to bathe in Evian.
