The operations are part of Iran's swift and massive retaliation against the unprovoked aerial aggression launched by the US and Israel on February 28, which came some eight months after their previous attacks on the country.
In a statement on Friday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said that its newly developed and advanced air defenses had shot down a stealth F-35 fighter jet in central Iran.
The downed aircraft belonged to the Lakenheath squadron, it said, adding that the fighter jet was completely destroyed and crashed.
Due to the complete disintegration of the aircraft, the fate of the pilot remains unknown, it noted.
Earlier on Friday, the IRGC announced that another advanced enemy fighter jet was targeted by air defense systems south of Qeshm Island.
The advanced aircraft subsequently crashed between Hengam and Qeshm islands, plummeting "into the depths of the ever-Persian Gulf."
The downing was a direct rebuke to recent rhetoric from Washington. The IRGC noted that Donald Trump had previously claimed that US forces had destroyed Iran's air defenses.
"Following the false claim of the liar US President regarding the complete destruction of the IRGC's air defense, moments ago an advanced enemy fighter jet was hit in the south of Qeshm Island by the modern advanced air defense system of the IRGC Navy, under the control of the country's integrated air defense network," the IRGC statement read.
These interceptions add to a growing list of staggering aviation losses for the US military. On March 11, the IRGC successfully hit a US Air Force F-35 stealth fighter jet in central Iran's airspace.
While US media later confirmed that an F-35 made an emergency landing at a US airbase in West Asia due to what was believed to be Iranian fire, a subsequent report by NPR noted that the heavily damaged aircraft would not be able to resume operations anytime soon.
Furthermore, the US military has confirmed the loss of three US F-15s and one KC-135 tanker during the ongoing war. The Pentagon has continuously attempted to cover up these catastrophic losses, portraying the downings as "friendly fire" or "accidents."
Recently, the US military even announced the fall of an F-35 in Nevada, an announcement that military experts widely view as a desperate cover story for the loss of stealth fighter jets in the war with Iran.
Strikes on US assets and pilot hideouts
Since dawn today, the IRGC Navy has continued the 91st wave of Operation True Promise 4, according to a statement by the force's public relations
During this phase, military and infrastructure targets belonging to US-Zionist terrorists in the southern countries of the Persian Gulf were heavily attacked with a massive barrage of ballistic missiles, Qadir cruise missiles, and suicide drones.
In a strike in the North Indian Ocean, the aggressor American Abraham Lincoln strike group was targeted with four Qadr 380 cruise missiles, said the statement.
The second wave of this intelligence and offensive operation delivered a devastating blow to US personnel. Using precision-guided ballistic missiles, the IRGC directly hit a secret gathering place and hideout of American flight engineers and fighter pilots outside an enemy base in the United Arab Emirates.
According to the IRGC, field reports and extensive ambulance traffic at the site indicate a massive number of dead and wounded American personnel.
In the next phase, Iranian forces launched a heavy assault against a US "MQ1" drone unit stationed at the Ali Al Salem airbase.
Massive strike on Israeli-occupied territories
Simultaneously, the devastating wave of attacks extended deep into the occupied territories. Troop deployments, military-industrial companies, and support equipment of the Zionist regime in western Tel Aviv and the port of Eilat were targeted and completely destroyed, said the IRGC.
These strikes were carried out using long-range liquid and solid-fuel, as well as super-heavy missile systems.
This phase of Wave 91 was conducted by the IRGC Aerospace Force, alongside Yemeni armed forces, according to the IRGC.
The sound of massive and consecutive explosions echoing through the center and heart of the occupied lands forced more than five million settlers to flee to underground shelters.
According to the IRGC, this sheer scale of panic and destruction has "stripped the Zionist intelligence agencies of the ability to censor and distort the realities of the battlefield."
The IRGC noted that the continuous, combined, and comprehensive operations of this wave against Zionist targets and American bases in the region are actively ongoing.
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