US dismisses Iran's claim of hitting an F-18US dismisses Iran's claim of hitting an F-18+ ↺ − 16 pxOn Wednesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) rejected Iranian allegations that a US F-18 fighter jet had been shot down. "This information is false," CENTCOM told Anadolu. The denial came after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it had struck a US F-18 aircraft. Iranian state media also aired footage purportedly showing the moment the jet was hit by air defense systems and crashed into the Indian Ocean.

Source: Economic Times March 25, 2026 19:03 UTC