The iranian state television He stated this Friday that the Armed forces have knocked down a American F-15E fighter-bomber in the south of the country and that a operation for rescue the two pilots.
“Iran has shot down an F-15E Strike Eagle“, indicated IRIB, Iranian state television.
The network showed images of two alleged American helicopters who are looking for the pilots of the downed fighter.
The American media Axios reported that a source familiar with the situation confirmed the demolition and the rescue operation, although the US Central Command (Centcom) has not commented yet.
Iran has announced in repeatedly the shooting down of fighters USA since the beginning of the war on February 28, but the Centcom He has always denied it.
In mid-March, the revolutionary guard assured that he had reached a United States F-35 fightera country that maintained that the plane made an emergency landing at a base in Middle East and was investigating the reason.
According to American media, other aircraft of the North American country have been knocked down during the war, as three F-15 fighters that were shot down by mistake by air defenses kuwaitisand the six crew members ejected safe.
Furthermore, a plane KC-135 tanker crashed into Iraqalthough the cause is still unclear. He us army stated that the incident It was not due to hostile fire. not even friendly fire.
Videos of the alleged incident have been shared on social networks. American F15.