India, April 4 -- Two US military aircraft, an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet and an A-10 attack plane, were shot down by Iranian defence forces on. The conflict between the two countries, with the US backed by Israel, continues in West Asia with no sign of an immediate end.

Notably, the last time an American fighter jet was shot down in combat was an A-10 Thunderbolt II during the 2003 US invasion Iraq, Air Force Brigadier General Houston Cantwell, a former F-16 fighter pilot, said. Follow US-Iran war live updates here.

Behnam Ben Taleblu, who is the Iran programme senior director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based think tank, told the Associated Press that US aircraft have been operating at lower heights,...