F-35 fighter jet shoots down Iran YAK-130 in historic 1st
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Analysis suggests one of three F-15Es shot down on the war's second day came from RAF Lakenheath.
CENTCOM had to edit a self-described fact-check post from denying a "fighter jet crash" to acknowleding that one was "shot down" in the war being waged on Iran
In the Vietnam War US Phantoms claimed to have destroyed around 147 aircraft (of a total of 195 North Vietnamese Air Force aircraft claimed destroyed in air-to-air combat), making it the most successful fighter of the war.
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Three US fighter jets crashed in Kuwait on Monday due to an “apparent friendly fire incident,” the US military said in a statement.
Two Russian TU-142 military aircraft were tracked near Alaska and Canada.
Video footage of a fighter jet evading an anti-aircraft missile has been miscaptioned online as an aerial confrontation between the U.S. and Iran in 2026. The footage can be traced to a December 2025 post by a social media account that shares simulation aircraft videos.
Israeli attack on Iran, the U.S. is moving more tactical jets to the Middle East. On Tuesday, additional F-35A Lightning II