As the US-israel Iran war entered the 37th day, the spokesperson for the Unified Command of the Iranian Armed Forces said in a broadcast statement that an on-ground assessment shows two C-130 planes and two Blackhawk helicopters were downed .
Apart from those, several other aircrafts were destroyed during the US mission to find a stranded airman in Iran, the Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday according to Tasnim news agency.
IRGC PR: A U.S. enemy searching for the downed fighter pilot was destroyed in southern Isfahan. Further details to follow.
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“During a joint operation (Aerospace, Ground Force, Popular Units, Basij and Police command), enemy aircraft were destroyed,” the group said after Iran’s police command announced an American C-130 plane had been downed in the south of Isfahan.
Before that, Iran’s army also said they had downed an Israeli drone in the same province.
US officials were quoted as saying by Reuters late on Saturday that a in Iran was rescued, a day after the first crew member was recovered.
“Additional investigations by experts on the ground revealed that two C-130 military transport planes and two Black Hawk helicopters of the US army were destroyed by our forces,” the spokesperson of the unified command of Iranian armed forces said.
Separate statements by the Iranian army and Revolutionary Guards said an Israeli Hermes-900 drone as well as a U.S. MQ-9 drone were downed in Isfahan province.
Tehran continued to experience the “longest” internet outage for any country ever, surpassing in severity all previous similar incidents, NetBlocks Internet Observatory noted.
With Reuters inputs
