aircraft

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Iranian officials later boasted of hitting an advanced surveillance aircraft that costs hundreds of millions of dollars.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

A US A-10 ground attack aircraft was also reportedly downed on Friday, with US media saying the pilot managed to eject and was rescued in nearby Kuwait.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Special forces then flew out on three extra aircraft to collect the crews, the reports added.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

When two MC-130Js, a special-operations aircraft, landed in a makeshift forward-operating base inside Iran they ran into problems when their nose wheels sank into the ground and couldn’t take off, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

However, when he inspected the aircraft up close, he wasn’t impressed with the grease on some of the machine guns.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein