Ammon News - Several aircraft were destroyed in the south of Iran's ​Isfahan province during a U.S. mission to ‌find a stranded airman, Iranian military officials said on Sunday.

U.S. officials told Reuters late on ​Saturday that a second airman ​whose F-15 jet was downed on Friday in ⁠Iran was rescued, a day after ​the first crew member was recovered.

"Additional investigations ​by experts on the ground revealed that two C-130 military transport planes and two Black Hawk ​helicopters of the US army were ​destroyed by our forces," the spokesperson of the ‌unified ⁠command of Iranian armed forces said.

Separate statements by the Iranian army and Revolutionary Guards said an Israeli Hermes-900 drone as ​well as ​a U.S. ⁠MQ-9 drone were downed in Isfahan province.

Iran's semi-official ​Fars ⁠news agency said U.S. search operations were conducted from Saturday evening in three different ⁠provinces, ​namely Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, ​Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, and Isfahan.

Reuters