An American A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter jet crashed into the waters of the Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz after being hit by Iranian fire on Friday night.
A US official confirmed to The Washington Post that the A-10, also known as a “Warthog,” was hit by incoming fire and was the second US fighter jet to be downed in one day. Reports of the A-10 crash emerged shortly after a US F-15 jet was shot down over Iranian territory.
According to The Washington Post, the pilot of the A-10 navigated the damaged plane to Kuwaiti airspace, ejected, and was rescued.
Reports from Iran’s state media and the Tasnim news agency, quoting Iran’s military public relations unit, said that the country’s air defense systems intercepted and struck the American attack jet. Tehran was quick to boast about the…
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Source www.jpost.com
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