US Central Command rejects Iran's claim of hitting F-18 jet

WASHINGTON

US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday dismissed Iranian claims that a US F-18 fighter jet had been shot down.

"This information is false," CENTCOM told Anadolu.

The denial came after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it had struck a US F-18 aircraft.

Iranian state media also aired footage purportedly showing the moment the jet was hit by air defense systems and crashed into the Indian Ocean.