Muscat: Iran's armed forces have announced the targeting and complete destruction of two US Army Black Hawk helicopters and a C-130 military aircraft transport in an open area south of Isfahan province, central Iran, according to state media. Official Iranian outlets published images they claim to show the wreckage of the American aircraft and the two helicopters.
According to Oman News Agency, the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, operating under the military command of Iran's armed forces, stated that Iranian forces struck the US aircrafts in a coordinated operation. It added that the destruction occurred while the US military was attempting to rescue an American pilot whose fighter jet had been shot down earlier in central Iran.