IDF destroyed two Iranian F-14 fighter jets in attack on Tehran airport

By Emanuel Fabian

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16 June 2025, 8:49 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Iranian soldiers take a picture with a Winnie the Pooh character next to a F-14 fighter jet in an exhibition of achievements and equipment of Iran's air force in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

An Israeli Air Force drone struck and destroyed two Iranian F-14 fighter jets at an airport in Tehran, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin reveals in a press conference.

The US-made F-14 Tomcats were supplied to Iran before the 1979 Islamic Revolution and are believed to be the last ones still in operation.

The IDF publishes footage of the strike.

Additionally, the IDF airs footage of a strike on Iranian soldiers who were preparing to launch drones at Israel. Another video shows a strike on containers where drones were stored.

The military also publishes a video of the strike on Iran’s state broadcaster building in Tehran earlier.