Pentagon: U.S. drone threatened by Iranian warplane
Tehran has again attempted to disrupt an American drone on an intelligence gathering operation in the region, Iran’s news agency FARS reported, citing the Defense Department (DOD).
An Iranian F-4 Phantom fighter jet closed in on an Air Force MQ-1 Predator aerial drone and its fighter escort as the unmanned aircraft was conducting "a routine classified surveillance flight" above international waters in the Persian Gulf, Pentagon press secretary George Little said in a statement Thursday.
Little stated that the Iranian jet broke off its pursuit of the Predator and its escorts after U.S. personnel issued a "verbal warning" to the fighter.