The IDF Spokesperson introduced Wednesday morning that there had been an historic occasion within the skies over Tehran. An Israel Air Drive Adir fighter jet (F-35I) shot down an Iranian YAK-130 fighter jet above the Iranian capital. This was the world’s first-ever downing of a manned fighter jet by an F-35 fighter jet.
The final time the Israeli Air Drive shot down a airplane was on November 24, 1985, throughout an air battle over Lebanon. In that battle, an IAF F-15 Falcon shot down two Syrian MiG-23s.
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The Iranian airplane that was shot down is a Russian superior two-seat YAK-130 fight coach. The airplane is able to gentle assault missions, and air-to-air and air-to-air fight. The YAK-130 reaches a most pace of greater than 1,000 kilometers per hour and is able to carrying as much as 3,000 kilograms of fight load (guided and unguided missiles and bombs, cannons, and so on.) on 9 exterior mounting factors. The airplane is principally used for coaching and might simulate the conduct of varied fighter jets.
The YAK-130 is a sophisticated gentle coach and assault plane that serves as the primary coaching plane for fighter pilots within the Russian Air Drive. It was developed in 1991, and in 2002 Russia introduced that it had received the competitors for the Air Drive’s superior coach plane, additionally due to its potential to function a light-weight assault plane in opposition to UAVs.
This morning, the IDF confirmed that it had launched a tenth wave of assaults on Tehran: “The Air Drive has now begun a broad wave of assaults in opposition to the infrastructure of the Iranian terrorist regime in Tehran.”
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on March 4, 2026.
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