IDF destroys Iranian F-14 fighter jets in Isfahan, strikes over 400 targets in past 24 hours - Jerusalem Post Staff

 

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The jets were located at the airport in Isfahan, the city where Israel had previously destroyed Ghadr-class ballistic missiles and their launch platforms.

 

IRAN'S F-14 fighter jets fly during the annual Army Day military parade in Tehran on April 17, 2012.

(photo credit: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

 

The IDF struck over 400 targets throughout Iran over the past day, a military spokesperson announced on Sunday.

Among the targets the IDF successfully took out were several of Iran's F-14 fighter jets, along with detection and air defense systems which posed a threat to IDF aircraft.

The jets were located at the airport in Isfahan, the city where Israel had previously destroyed Ghadr-class ballistic missiles and their launch platforms.

Another strike conducted on Friday by the IDF destroyed 16 'Quds Force' aircraft at the Mehrabad airport in Tehran.

A F-14 Tomcat is being repaired at an overhaul hangar in Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, on December 18, 2012. (credit: MOHAMMADALI NAJIB/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Iranian F-14's received in 1976

Iran received 79 of the US-made F-14's in 1976 when the country was still ruled by the Iranian Shahs. These were taken by the Islamic Republic after the 1979 Revolution.

The F-14 was retired by the US Navy in 2006, being replaced by the F-18.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is the only country that still uses the twin-engine fighter jet.

Jerusalem Post Staff

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-889203

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