VIDEO: Iran says it targeted US F-35 fighter jet; aircraft made emergency landing, according to international press

Video shows moment when Iran allegedly targeted US F-35 fighter jet Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it had targeted the United States F-35 fighter jet this Thursday (19). The statement was made shortly after the international press reported that an F-35 was forced to make an emergency landing at an American base in the Middle East. According to two sources interviewed by the TV channel CNN International, the aircraft had been hit in an attack by Iran. A video released by the Iranian agency Mehr supposedly shows the moment in which an anti-aircraft battery hits the fighter. When asked, United States Central Command (Centcom) spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins said that the aircraft landed safely and that the pilot is in stable condition. According to him, the incident is being investigated. A North American F-35 jet taxiing at the Al Udeid base, in Qatar, with other jets and aircraft in the background, in an image from 2023. Leon Redfern/United States Army This is the first time that Iran has hit a US aircraft since the start of the war on February 28. The F-35 is a jet manufactured by Lockheed Martin for the US Armed Forces, mainly in partnership with other countries. It is part of the so-called fifth generation fighter group, the most advanced currently. Due to greater technology on board, especially to become “invisible” to radars, there were no reports until this Thursday that an F-35 had been shot down in combat.

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