IRGC claims it downed another US F-35 fighter jet
Akbar Novruz
Read moreIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared on Friday that its troops shot down another United States F-35 fighter jet over central Iran during overnight attacks, AzerNEWS reports.
The IRGC stated that this is the second fighter jet downed by the guard's "new advanced aerospace defense system" in the previous 12 hours, and that the pilot's fate is unknown.
"This is our first response to [US President Donald] Trump's nonsense," the IRGC stated.
انهدام دومین فروند از جنگنده فوق پیشرفته اف۳۵ آمریکایی در آسمان مرکزی ایران
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