Possibly another A10 down?
BREAKING: Bad news, the damaged A-10C+ which was spotted over Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province of Iran today did not make it to its base.
Now the shootdown of a second A-10C+ Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft of the U.S. Air Force by Iranian air defenses has been confirmed. This was involved in the search and rescue operation after shootdown of the F-15E of the 494th FS in Iran.
According to CENTCOM sources speaking to ABC News and other outlets, the A-10C+—which was earlier believed to have reached Iraq and performed an emergency landing—actually crashed in Kuwait after the pilot ejected.
The pilot was rescued immediately. This marks the second loss of an A-10C+ of the U.S. Air Force during the Iran war in just one day.