The spokesman for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters says Iranian forces have managed to destroy two US C-130 transport planes and two Black Hawk helicopters, which were conducting a mission to retrieve the pilot of a downed American fighter jet.

A top US general says the United States will sell advanced F-15 fighter jets to Egypt in spite of concerns about Cairo's human rights record.

A missing Japanese F-15 frontline fighter is believed to have crashed and its two crew members remain unaccounted for.