IDF says it hit Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport, smaller airstrips overnight

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

An Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jet takes off for strikes in Iran, in a handout photo published April 6, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
An Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jet takes off for strikes in Iran, in a handout photo published April 6, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF says it destroyed dozens of Iranian aircraft during strikes on three airports in the Tehran area overnight.

According to the military, the strikes were aimed at causing a blow to the Iranian air force and the IRGC air force.

Dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets hit Iranian planes and helicopters, as well as infrastructure “used by the regime’s armed forces for military purposes” at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport and two smaller airstrips in the area.

Earlier, the military said it had bombed runways and control towers at the airports, along with a factory belonging to the IRGC Quds Force that manufactured drones.

 

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