Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that it shot down an F-35 fighter jet in the central parts of the country by hitting it with air defense systems. In the statement of the Revolutionary Guard Army, “An American-made advanced F-35 fighter jet was destroyed in the central skies of Iran by the advanced air defense system of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Army.” It was said. In the statement, which claimed that the second warplane was shot down in the last 12 hours, it was stated that there was no information yet about the fate of the pilot due to the complete destruction of the warplane.
Photos allegedly of the downed plane were shared in the country’s media. It was reported that the plane that was shot down belonged to the fleet at Lakenheath Air Base, which also hosts the US Air Force in England. Details in the shared photographs. In the photographs published in the Iranian press of the aircraft announced to be shot down, the emblem with the text “U.S. Air Forces in Europe” on the tail debris of the aircraft matches the emblems on F-15 Eagle aircraft.
In another frame, the part where the thick yellow stripe is seen overlaps with the stripe on the wing of the same model aircraft. It is known that there are a large number of F-15 Eagle fighter jets belonging to the US Air Force at England’s Lakenheath Air Base and that they are sent to the Middle East in rotations. Yesterday, Iran announced that an advanced warplane was shot down on Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz and shared radar images claimed to be from the moment of the shooting.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that the plane was not hit. CENTCOM has not yet shared a statement regarding the plane that Iran announced was shot down in the morning. Source: AA
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