{"id":1377771,"date":"2026-04-03T18:19:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/iran-claims-to-have-shot-down-a-us-f-15-fighter-jet-what-is-known\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T18:19:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:19:54","slug":"iran-claims-to-have-shot-down-a-us-f-15-fighter-jet-what-is-known","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/iran-claims-to-have-shot-down-a-us-f-15-fighter-jet-what-is-known\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran claims to have shot down a US F-15 fighter jet: what is known"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iranian media reported that for the first time since the start of the American military campaign, a US F-15 fighter jet had been shot down. The fate of the crew remains unknown.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is reported by<\/a> Axios.<\/p>\n

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Iranian media have released photos and videos purportedly showing the wreckage of a plane and an ejection seat. According to the materials, the plane is an American F-15 fighter jet.<\/p>\n

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It is not yet known where exactly the incident occurred and under what circumstances the plane could have been shot down.<\/p>\n

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According to available information, search and rescue operations are underway at the scene. Two crew members are considered missing.<\/p>\n

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If this data is confirmed, this would be the first case of an American aircraft being shot down by enemy fire since the start of hostilities.<\/p>\n

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The US military and the White House have not yet commented on these reports.<\/p>\n

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At the same time, Iranian state media has already announced a reward for the American pilots.<\/p>\n

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Earlier it was reported that US President Donald Trump plans to address Congress with a proposal for a significant increase in defense spending in the budget.<\/a> This would increase funding to $1.5 trillion, which would be one of the largest increases in a decade.<\/p>\n

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Recall that Israel is ready to continue the military campaign against Iran for several more weeks.<\/a> <\/p>\n

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Iranian media reported that for the first time since the start of the American military campaign, a US F-15 fighter jet had been shot down. The fate of the crew remains unknown. This is reported by Axios. Iranian media have released photos and videos purportedly showing the wreckage of a plane and an ejection seat. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1247954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1377771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1377771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1247954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1377771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}