Iran’s military has said that the US operation to rescue a missing airman from a downed American fighter jet used an abandoned airport in southern Isfahan province, AFP reports.
“The so-called US military rescue operation, planned as a deception and escape mission at an abandoned airport in southern Isfahan under the pretext of recovering the pilot of a downed aircraft, was completely foiled,” said Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesman for the military’s central command, Khatam Al-Anbiya.
He added that “two C-130 military transport planes and two Black Hawk helicopters were destroyed” during the operation.
