shot down
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The Apache helicopter is the second crewed aircraft that Washington has confirmed was shot down by Iran during the war, following the loss of an F-15 fighter plane in April.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Local authorities said air defences shot down 59 drones overnight and that three different districts of St Petersburg had been hit, although no one was killed.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
The Revolutionary Guard said early Sunday it had shot down an MQ-1 drone that flew over its territorial waters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
But just seven pitches into his start, Freddie Freeman sliced an opposite-field shot down the left-field line.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
He told them, for example, that the U-2 plane had not been shot down by a single missile, as Khrushchev had announced publicly, but by fourteen rockets, and by MiG fighter jets as well.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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