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IDF spokesman says three Iranian F-14 fighter jets destroyed in latest strikes

By Emanuel Fabian 21 June 2025, 9:19 pm 3 Edit

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)
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)

Some 60 Israeli Air Force fighter jets carried out a wave of strikes in central Iran this evening, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin says in a press conference.

He says that as part of the strikes, IAF jets destroyed three more Iranian F-14 fighter jets on the ground. Last week, Israeli strikes in Tehran destroyed two F-14s.

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 releases footage of the strikes.

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