Hawzah News Agency- Iranian state media reported that the country's air defence systems targeted an "enemy" A-10 aircraft near the Strait of Hormuz.
NBC reported that two US helicopters taking part in the rescue effort were also hit by Iranian fire.
The A-10 has been in service since 1997 and costs approximately $11.4m. A little over 700 were built between 1972 and 1984. The A-10 crash comes after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) air defences shot down a US F-15E fighter jet over southwestern Iran on Friday.
A spokesperson for Iran’s military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said the jet had been “completely destroyed”.
The IRGC also said that the downed fighter jet was from a squadron based at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, a US-operated air base in eastern England.
Source: MIDDLE EAST EYE
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