US-Iran conflict: Israeli F-35I shoots down Iranian Yak-130 jet over Tehran; ‘first in history’, claims IDF

The IDF on Wednesday said an Israeli F-35I shot down an Iranian Yak-130 fighter jet over Tehran, making it the stealth jet's first known air-to-air victory of a crewed plane. Iran’s limited air fleet has suffered further losses in the conflict.

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US-Iran conflict: Israeli F-35I shoots down Iranian Yak-130 jet over Tehran; ‘first in history’, claims IDF

THE IDF on Wednesday said an Israeli F-35I shot down an Iranian Yak-130 fighter jet over Tehran, making it the stealth jet's first known air-to-air victory of a crewed plane. Iran’s limited air fleet has suffered further losses in the conflict.

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