IRGC claims destruction of F-35 fighter jets at Jordanian airbase

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims that in an attack on Jordan’s Al-Azraq Airbase, it destroyed three US F-35 stealth fighter jets, the Fars news agency reports.

“This morning, IRGC Aerospace Force fighters, in an attack on the deployment ramp and maintenance hangar of American F-35 fighter jets at Al-Azraq Airbase using several ballistic missiles, completely destroyed three F-35 aircraft and inflicted heavy damage on three others,” it says in a post on X.

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