Many people said footage actually showed a decoy drawing of an F-14 Tomcat, but we were not immediately able to verify that.

This marks the first time an F-35 has ever achieved a confirmed air-to-air takedown. An Israeli F-35I downed an Iranian YAK-130 in the first fighter jet dogfight of the war, the IDF announced at

This is the first time an F-35 has shot down a manned fighter jet. We will probably get more details throughout the day, but on Mar. 4, 2026, the Israeli Defense Forces announced on social media that an F-35I Adir jet belonging to the Israeli Air Force shot down an Iranian Yak-130 over Tehran.

Iranian bombers came within minutes of striking the largest military base housing US troops in the Middle East before Qatari planes shot them down, two sources briefed on the operation told CNN.

The U.S. military’s Central Command rebuffed Iran’s claim that it had struck the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with ballistic missiles, saying in a social media post that the weapons “didn’t even come close.

A week after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran, the conflict continued to escalate across the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE being targeted by Tehran on Saturday. This came despite the Iranian president apologising to neighbouring countries for the attacks.

The White House says talks between special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian officials are still planned after a Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea.

Fight or flight. The war in Iran has already caused the cost of plane tickets to rise, experts say. Jet fuel, which accounts for about one-fifth of airlines’ operating expenses, surged a staggering 56% in the days following the initial Feb.

MADRID, March 2 (Reuters) - Fifteen U.S. aircraft have left the Rota and Moron military bases in southern Spain since the U.S. and Israel launched weekend attacks on Iran, maps by flight tracking website FlightRadar24 showed on Monday.

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