Iran claimed on Sunday that it shot down a US C-130 support aircraft in southern Isfahan, Anadolu reports. The plane was destroyed “by heavy fire from a police special forces unit,” the semi-official Tasnim News Agency claimed, citing Iranian police. In a statement carried by the state news agency IRNA, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said “joint operations involving the Aerospace Force, ground units, popular and Basij forces, law enforcement, and the Army successfully destroyed the enemy aircraft.” On Telegram, the state-run Press TV shared photos purportedly showing wreckage from the plane that was allegedly downed. Some initial US reports on social media claimed that during the process of rescuing the second crew member of an F-15 fighter jet […]
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Read Full Article on Middle East Monitor →![A view of wreckage and remains of the downed F-15 fighter jet is seen in Iran on April 05, 2026. [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AA-20260405-41019944-41019942-IRANIAN_ARMED_FORCES_US_ATTEMPT_TO_RESCUE_ITS_PILOT_FAILED.jpg)
