The Israeli Air Force (IAF) says it has destroyed two Iranian F-14 Tomcats at an airport in Tehran, APA reports citing BBC.
Video released this evening indicates the aircraft being targeted by precision weapons.
Image source, Israeli Air Force
The IAF said the Tomcats were due to intercept Israeli planes, although in the video we see them with wings swept back, which indicates they were not configured for a conventional nor necessarily an immediate take-off.
Yesterday, I wrote about how the Iranian Air Force features ageing planes - including the F-14 - are no match for the modern western fighters and weapons that Israel possesses.
Israel today said it had full air superiority over Tehran, which allows it to strike targets with conventional munitions, rather than longer-range, stand-off missiles.
Air superiority means they can get closer to targets with less fear of being shot down by decimated Iranian air defences.
F-14 Tomcats rose to prominence in the Top Gun films, although they have been long-since retired by the US Navy.
