Iran Says US Warplanes Destroyed During Pilot Rescue Mission

According to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Iranian forces were able to kill multiple US aircraft while they were attempting to recover the pilot of an American fighter jet that had gone down.

“Following desperate US moves to rescue the pilot of the downed fighter jet and the entry of flying objects to the country’s central parts, the enemy’s flying objects were destroyed and the US once again suffered a humiliating defeat during a joint operation (involving Aerospace, Ground forces as well as public, Basij and police units),” the Public Relations Department of the IRGC stated on Sunday.

One day after saving another pilot, US President Donald Trump claimed in a social media post that his nation’s military “got” the pilot during an operation. This led to the declaration.

Based to the spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the enemy’s valiant attempts to save the pilot of the downed jet “failed” due to divine providence, timing, and the combined efforts of the IRGC, Army, Basij, and police.

Two Black Hawk helicopters and a C-130 cargo jet are among the hostile flying objects, he continued, that are on fire.

Additionally, Iran’s air defense systems, which are part of the nation’s integrated air defense network, destroyed two intruding drones on Sunday in the skies over Isfahan Province, including a MQ-9 and a Hermers-900.

Airstrikes that killed key Iranian leaders and commanders on February 28 marked the start of the illegal US-Israeli assault against Iran.

In response, the Iranian military has launched nearly daily missile and drone operations against US military installations and assets around the region, as well as places within the Israeli-occupied territories.

Iran is prepared to protect its airspace, as seen by the numerous hostile fighter jets, missiles, and drones they have shot down.