The drone reportedly retreated only after being confronted by Iranian Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter jets and reconnaissance drones. This event adds to the ongoing tensions between Tehran and Washington.

According to Iranian state-run media ... Tehran still flies age-old American aerial platforms like the Phantom and Tomcat. Prior to the Islamic Revolution in 1979, previous U.S. administrations ...

Many U.S. military analysts have dismissed the significance of airpower in the conflict, but the testimony of the Iranian Tomcat pilots paints a different picture. Information about the Iran-Iraq ...