Since the start of the war between Israel and Iran, a number of Iranian media outlets with close links to the government have reported that Iran had shot down four Israeli F-35 fighter jets.

Iran has claimed it shot down two Israeli fighter jets amid a wave of retaliatory strikes between the two countries. One of the pilots, a woman, was reportedly captured, according to Iranian state-linked media.

Israel launched a surprise attack on a range of targets in Iran, sparking a barrage of missile attacks from Iran into Israel. Iran claimed it had taken down three Israeli F-35 fighter jets, and an apparent image of one such jet spread across the internet.