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The Iranian government announced that the UAV was brought down by its cyberwarfare unit which commandeered the aircraft and safely landed it, after initial reports from Western news sources disputedly claimed that it had been "shot down". [1] The United States government initially denied the claims but later President Obama acknowledged that ...
Images provided by United States Central Command. The Iranian account of the drone's location at the time of the shoot-down was contested by the United States. The commander of United States Air Forces Central Command, Air Force Lieutenant General Joseph Guastella, said the "closest that the drone got to the Iranian coast was 21 miles."
Airlines around the world are canceling or rerouting flights to avoid parts of Iran's airspace after Iran shot down a US drone. Airlines cancel and divert flights passing over Iran after it shot ...
A growing chorus of local officials in New Jersey and New York are demanding the feds stop gaslighting locals and finally shoot down a drone. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) demanded Saturday the Pentagon ...
The Pentagon shot down a congressman's claim that an Iranian "mothership" is behind large drones spotted over New Jersey in recent weeks, while officials in the state are demanding a stronger ...
The Shahed 129 was shot down by an American F-15E Strike Eagle. [34] Days later, on 20 June 2017, another F-15E Strike Eagle shot down another Shahed 129 drone again near Al-Tanf. [35] The drone approached in a similar manner to the previous incident and was shot down before it reached the range at which it could deploy its weapons. [36]
The actions by the U.S. Air Force units involved in the shootdown of about 80 Iranian drones have been described as the largest air-to-air enemy engagement by the United States in over 50 years.
Two months later on 6 June, the United States conducted airstrikes on pro-government forces, killing an unknown number of fighters. Two days later, an American F-15E shot down an Iranian operated drone. [16] Due to the fluid nature of events the rules of engagement were constantly changing.