Israel shared new footage of it bombing two of Iran’s American-made fighter jets preparing to take off as joint US-Israeli combat operations against Iran continue.
Iran’s fleet includes several vintage US aircraft, including the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and legacy Northrop Grumman F-5s. Along with Iran’s few US-provided Tomcats, which were iconized in the “Top Gun” movies, these aircraft are part of an aging Iranian Air Force that has limited air combat capabilities against advanced Israeli and US aircraft.
The Israel Defense Forces video captured strikes on the F-5 and F-4 jets at an airport in Tabriz in western Iran on Sunday morning. The IDF said that it hit the aircraft as they were preparing to take off. The footage shows direct hits on each…
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