A US pilot has reportedly been taken into custody by Iranian military forces after a fighter jet, said to be an F-15E, was shot down by Iranian forces in southern Iran.
According to Tasnim News Agency and information based on open-source intelligence, the fighter jet was downed by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Friday, and the pilot ejected and landed inside the country.
The news agency also reported that there are indications the US forces, believing the pilot might be alive, attempted to extract him from Iran’s borders in a combat search and rescue operations.
However, some sources say the pilot has likely been captured by Iranian forces.
The IRGC announced on Friday morning that the second F-35 fighter jet was destroyed in the skies of central Iran by the new advanced defence system of the IRGC Aerospace Force. It said the doomed fighter jet belongs to the Lakenheath squadron.
The IRGC noted that the intruding fighter jet has been completely destroyed and has crashed.
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