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The Iranian armed forces have claimed this Friday the downing of an American fighter jet when he was carrying out an operation in the south of the country. The state press of the Islamic Republic has published images of fragments of the aircraft, which would be an F-15E Strike Eagle of the 494th Fighter Squadron of the US Air Force.
The Pentagon has not yet commented on the matter, but the portal Axiosciting a source familiar with the incident, has confirmed the shootdown, the first of a US military aircraft since the war began on February 28.
A photograph has even been released of what looks like an ejection seat that would belong to the fighterindicating that at least one of the two pilots managed to catapult themselves before impact. Iranian channels have broadcast a series of videos in which other American aircraft and helicopters are observed specialized in rescue work flying over Kohkiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad province, southern Iran.
Iranian channels publish footage of U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II and HH-60G Pave Hawk search and rescue (SAR) aircraft conducting an operation in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in southern Iran this afternoon.
These assets are dedicated for personnel recovery… pic.twitter.com/OjRbzpazKx
— Status-6 (War & Military News) (@Archer83Able) April 3, 2026
A spokesman for the unified combat command of the Iranian Armed Forces was in charge of announcing the alleged downing of what was initially identified as an F-35. However, bloggers and military specialists have assured that the fragments of the stabilizer and other parts of the fighter correspond to an F-15E.
A presenter from the Iranian agency More has made a appeal to the civilian population to help capture the pilot. Tehran has claimed responsibility for the downing of other military aircraft in the five weeks of war, but until now no clear images of the supposedly attacked fighters had been shared nor had a direct appeal been made to search for their operators.
A McDonnell-Douglas ACES II (Advanced Concept Ejection Seat) from a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle has been found by residents in Southern Iran, the whereabouts or status of the pilot and weapons officer is currently unknown, with unconfirmed reports that one or both of the… pic.twitter.com/V0KMonfQiv
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 3, 2026
The Iranian Army claimed a few days ago to have damaged an F-35. The Pentagon limited itself to commenting in a statement that the plane had to make an emergency landing at a base in the Persian Gulf after a combat mission, without offering more details about a possible impact.
In the videos spread on networks, an HC-130J Combat King II, an American aircraft designed for combat search and rescue missions, as well as an MH-60G Pave Hawk flying over somewhere in southern Iran, where the F-15 would have presumably collided.
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