Iran Claims to Down Israeli F-16 as Air Conflict Intensifies

IRGC shoots down Israeli F-16 over Iran

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed it successfully shot down an Israeli F-16 fighter jet within Iran’s central airspace, while the Israeli military has denied that the aircraft was damaged. According to Iranian media, an IRGC statement said the incident occurred at 3:45am local time on Friday, when an Israeli-operated F-16 Fighting Falcon was targeted over central Iran. The statement said the jet was brought down using t…

Iran claims to down Israeli F-16 as air conflict intensifies

Iran’s elite military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has claimed that it shot down an Israeli fighter jet in the country’s central region, further escalating tensions in the ongoing conflict. In a statement released by its public relations department, the IRGC said the incident took place early Friday morning at around 3:45 a.m. local time. According to the claim, the aircraft was identified as an F-16 Fighting Falcon and w…