Iranian Pilot Rescued After F-35 Downed His Yak-130
Translated & summarized from Abu Ali Express by baba
Iranian state media released footage of a pilot being rescued after his Yak-130 was shot down by an Israeli F-35 on March 4th. The pilot ejected over the Lavasan Mountains, northeast of Tehran. This event represents the first recorded aerial combat engagement for the F-35 fighter jet.
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- An Israeli F-35 shot down an Iranian Yak-130 on March 4th.
- Iranian state media released footage of the pilot's rescue.
- The pilot ejected over the Lavasan Mountains, northeast of Tehran.
- This was the first aerial combat engagement for an F-35.
Iranian state media released footage yesterday of the rescue of an Iranian Yak-130 pilot whose aircraft was shot down by an Israeli F-35 fighter jet in an aerial engagement on March 4th. The pilot ejected over the Lavasan Mountains, northeast of Tehran. This incident marked the first actual aerial combat engagement involving an F-35 aircraft globally.
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