{"id":68796,"date":"2026-03-12T08:58:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/us-destroys-aging-iranian-warplanes-video-shows\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T08:58:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:58:04","slug":"us-destroys-aging-iranian-warplanes-video-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/us-destroys-aging-iranian-warplanes-video-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"US destroys aging Iranian warplanes, video shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the American military continues bombarding Iran amid the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/defense\/wars\/war-with-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">war against the Islamic Republic<\/a>, U.S. Central Command shared video footage of strikes against aircraft sitting on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Iranian regime is losing air capability day by day,&#8221; CENTCOM wrote in a late Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2031884186231926928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post on X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. forces<\/a> aren\u2019t just defending against Iranian threats, we are methodically dismantling them,&#8221; the post added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/trump-suddenly-seems-anxious-end-war-american-casualties-mount-iran-finds-ways-hit-back\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP SUDDENLY SEEMS ANXIOUS TO END THE WAR AS AMERICAN CASUALTIES MOUNT AND IRAN FINDS WAYS TO HIT BACK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No American fighter planes have been downed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran<\/a>, according to CENTCOM.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An IRGC leader has claimed that a U.S. F-15 was shot down today south of Tehran. LIE,&#8221; CENTCOM indicated in a Wednesday post on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No U.S. fighter aircraft have been shot down by Iran. U.S. forces continue to exercise air superiority over vast swaths of Iran. TRUTH,&#8221; the post added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democrats-threaten-grind-senate-halt-force-public-iran-hearings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DEMOCRATS THREATEN TO GRIND SENATE TO A HALT TO FORCE PUBLIC IRAN HEARINGS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/iranian-air-force-f-4-phantoms-c94252dd?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqfZfr-0MXmgdkf_6__E3WXU9TN8my8phFaFLoQMhjs0nM03TC70gKzQiK_3Mhk%3D&amp;gaa_ts=69b298d6&amp;gaa_sig=80m3milE7gqBwHgvgcyfDY2450vDG9gACPCjLCI5KITxNIoWpYE63b245JGYtnoB0Tbnsy9sMRoFoLjBs8qnAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> indicated in a report last week that while the U.S. and Israel are operating modern aircraft like the F-35, the age and weakness of Iranian aircraft mark a vulnerability that requires Iran to rely on the ballistic missile program targeted by American and Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/israel-says-fighter-jet-took-down-iranian-warplane-first-shootdown-its-kind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ISRAEL SAYS FIGHTER JET TOOK DOWN IRANIAN WARPLANE, THE FIRST SHOOTDOWN OF ITS KIND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month CENTCOM reported that three U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets had been downed in &#8220;an apparent friendly fire incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During active combat \u2014 that included attacks from Iranian aircraft, ballistic missiles, and drones \u2014 the U.S. Air Force fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses,&#8221; the March 2 press release. &#8220;Kuwait has acknowledged this incident, and we are grateful for the efforts of the Kuwaiti defense forces and their support in this ongoing operation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The release noted that the six aircrew members safely ejected and were recovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the American military continues bombarding Iran amid the ongoing war against the Islamic Republic, U.S. Central Command shared video footage of strikes against aircraft sitting on the ground. &#8220;The Iranian regime is losing air capability day by day,&#8221; CENTCOM wrote in a late Wednesday post on X. &#8220;U.S. forces aren\u2019t just defending against Iranian &#8230; <a title=\"US destroys aging Iranian warplanes, video shows\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/us-destroys-aging-iranian-warplanes-video-shows\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about US destroys aging Iranian warplanes, video shows\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}