Tag: #F35
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Iran Claims to Shoot Down Second US F-35; Pilot Unlikely to Have Ejected
Tehran [Iran], April 3:Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for shooting down a second US F-35 fighter jet over central Iran. Iranian officials stated that the IRGC struck the jet with a modern air-defence system and that the pilot likely did not eject due to the severity of the crash. IRGC Downs Second…
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Iran Claims First Strike on US F-35 Fighter Jet; US Confirms Emergency Landing
Tehran, March 20: Iran has claimed it struck a US F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet, marking what it calls the first successful hit on a fifth-generation aircraft. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said its air defense systems targeted the jet at around 2:50 a.m. local time. Officials stated the aircraft was flying over…