US F-35 hit, forced to make emergency landing, IRGC takes credit | The Jerusalem Post
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This would be the first time Iran has hit a US aircraft in the war. Both the US and Israel are using F-35s, which are fifth-generation stealth jets costing upwards of $100 million.

A US F-35 fighter jet was forced to make an emergency landing at a US air base in the Middle East after being struck by what is believed to be Iranian fire, CNN reported on Thursday, citing two sources familiar with the matter.

Iranian media claimed the IRGC was behind the hit shortly after.

According to Capt. Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for US Central Command, the F-35 was “flying a combat mission over Iran” when it was struck and was forced to make an emergency landing.

  • KidNamedLainah@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I’m leaning towards reliable since Drop Site usually gets scoops of important documents right before large news outlets do, such as most leaked Gestapo documents. As to why/how it got locked on and fired upon, there was drops of news the past few years of Russian S400’s successfully detecting it. Either it was the luckiest dumb fire and the Russians should go buy a lottery ticket, or the F35 has an Achille’s heel that was previously unknown.