A report says at least 16 US military aircraft have been lost since the start of the American-Israeli aggression against Iran, including 10 Reaper strike drones destroyed and a half-dozen other planes badly damaged.
Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the issue, reported that Iranian defenses have so far brought down the uncrewed Reapers, with at least nine being destroyed in the air, and one was hit at an airfield in Jordan by a ballistic missile.
The other two Reapers were reportedly lost to accidents.
The report claimed that the most serious losses were due accidents, including three US F-15s purportedly downed by “friendly fire” in Kuwait, and a KC-135 tanker destroyed during a refueling operation.
That’s while the Islamic Resistance in Iraq last week said that its fighters managed to intercept a strategic KC-135 aircraft belonging to the US military in the skies over Western Iraq, adding that they downed the aircraft using an "appropriate weapon."
All six crew members on the tanker were killed.
According to Bloomberg, an Iranian missile attack has damaged five other KC-135s while parked at an airfield in Saudi Arabia.
Bloomberg referred to the emergency landing of a US F-35 stealth jet was forced to make at an airbase in West Asia on Thursday, without citing the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) as saying that it has successfully hit the aircraft in Iran’s airspace.
This is the first time the jets have been struck since their introduction about 10 years ago......more below
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, has hailed the historic striking of an American F-35 stealth fighter by Iranian forces, declaring that the destruction of this symbol of US arrogance marks the collapse of the Western-led world order.
In a Friday post on his X account, Qalibaf emphasized that the jet represented the core of Washington's delusions of military supremacy.
"The F-35 was not just a fighter jet, it was a monument to the invincibility and arrogance of the American military; a theological symbol, claimed to be invisible to any eye and superior to all power," he wrote before citing a Qur'anic verse: "however, 'the Hand of Allah is above their hands'." (Holy Qur'an, 10:48)
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) confirmed that its advanced, modern air defense systems successfully neutralized the fifth-generation stealth aircraft over central Iran’s airspace at 2:50 a.m. local time on Thursday.
The Parliament Speaker noted that the myth of American stealth ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has strongly denounced the recent blasphemous remarks against Jesus Christ by the Israeli regime’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
"For a man so reliant on goodwill of Christians in the United States, Netanyahu's open disdain for Jesus Christ (PBUH) is remarkable," Araghchi said on Friday on X.
Netanyahu’s unbridled praise for Genghis Khan, "the worst slaughterer our region has ever seen, also fits with his current status as a wanted war criminal," the top Iranian diplomat added.
During a televised address on Thursday, Netanyahu lauded those who disobeyed the path of Jesus and instead committed crimes.
"Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan. Because if you are strong enough, ruthless enough, powerful enough, evil will overcome good. Aggression will overcome moderation," Netanyahu said.
The clip of Netanyahu's remark went viral, with many interpreting the comments as blasphemous and anti-Christian.
Condemnations also poured in...
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has successfully carried out the 68th wave of retaliatory missile strikes targeting sites in Occupied Palestine and US bases in the region as part of Operation True Promise 4, deploying advanced missile systems and drones.
The IRGC said in a statement on Friday that the operation was jointly conducted by the elite force’s Navy and aerospace unit as a tribute to the martyrs of media and the martyred IRGC spokesperson, Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini.
It added that the retaliatory assault employed multi-warhead missiles such as Qadr and Khorramshahr 4, which hit 25 targets in Haifa and Tel Aviv in the occupied territories after disrupting Israel’s multifaceted and missile systems.
The aerospace drone unit also attacked several US bases in the region by firing tens of UAVs.
The IRGC Navy conducted strikes against 6 logistical sites belonging to the American terrorists in Al-Ahad base by firing cruise missiles and drones, which ...
