India, March 20 -- Iran on Thursday claimed to have struck a US F-35 Lightning 2, further adding that it was the first country to do so. The jet Tehran claims to have struck amid the ongoing war is one of the most valuable US aircraft and the backbone of the US's fifth-generation warfighting capabilities,

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that it hit the US Air Force F-35 stealth fighter jet in central Iran's airspace. A purported video of the reported hit is also circulating on social media, and was also shared on the official X handle of the Iran consulate general in Mumbai.

According to a statement released by the IRGC on its official news website on Thursday, the jet was struck at 2:50 AM local time by the IRGC's adv...