IDF Releases Footage of F-35I Shooting Down Iranian Yak-130 Fighter Jet

The Israel Defense Forces released video footage Thursday showing an IAF F-35I "Adir" fighter jet shooting down an Iranian Yak-130 aircraft in what the IDF described as a historic engagement. The footage offers visual confirmation of the aerial engagement between Israeli and Iranian combat aircraft. The shoot-down has been described as the first time in history an F-35 has downed a manned aircraft in combat.