Iran, fighter jet
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US military assets worth up to $2.9 billion have been lost as the Pentagon seeks $200 billion for operations. Iran asserts it shot down a US F-35, contradicting US Central Command's claim of an emergency landing.
Iran shooting down two American military aircraft marks an exceedingly rare assault for the U.S. that has not happened in more than 20 years.
TEHRAN PROVINCE, Iran — Iranian media claimed Friday that a US pilot or pilots had ejected over southwestern Iran, and urged Iranians in the area to help hunt them down. U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon and the White House didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
IRAN likely used lethal Russian shoulder-fired missiles to shoot down a US fighter jet, intelligence sources told The Sun. The regime quietly made a £450m deal with Moscow to buy 500 Verba
- 'Everyone just got out' - On the road between the Afghan capital Kabul and the border, an AFP journalist in Jalalabad heard a jet and two explosions on Saturday. Afghan security forces said they had downed a Pakistani fighter jet and captured its pilot, which Islamabad denied as "totally untrue".