IDF says it destroyed 2 Iranian fighter jets ready for takeoff

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

The IDF says it destroyed two Iranian F-4 and F-5 fighter jets that were ready for takeoff at Tabriz airport in western Iran.

The airstrikes were carried out to “cause a blow to activities of the Iranian Air Force and to deepen the damage to the regime’s defense systems,” the military says.

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