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Iran says several 'enemy flying objects' destroyed during US pilot rescue mission

AL-Monitor
Apr 5, 2026
FILE PHOTO: An E-2D Hawkeye surveillance aircraft launches from the flight deck of the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during thge Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran March 31, 2026. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: An E-2D Hawkeye surveillance aircraft launches from the flight deck of the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during thge Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran March 31, 2026. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo — US Navy

DUBAI, April 5 (Reuters) - Several "flying objects" were destroyed during the U.S. mission to find a stranded airman in Iran, the Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday according to Tasnim news agency.

"During a joint operation (Aerospace, Ground Force, Popular Units, Basij and Police command), enemy flying objects were destroyed," the group said after Iran's police command announced an American C-130 aircraft had been downed in the south of Isfahan.

The spokesperson of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the unified command of the Iranian armed forces, said the downed aircraft included a C-130 military transport plane as well as two Black Hawk helicopters.

Earlier on Sunday, Iran's army also said they had downed an Israeli drone in the same province.

(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)