Iran claims to shoot 2nd US F-35; pilot reportedly unlikely to have ejected

Iran Herald · April 3, 2026 War

Tehran [Iran], April 3 (ANI): A second US fifth-generation F-35 fighter jet was struck and downed over central Iran by a modern air-defence system of the Islamic Republic's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), with officials saying the pilot is unlikely to have ejected, Iranian state media reported on Friday.