Iranian bombers got here inside minutes of hanging the biggest navy base housing US troops within the Center East earlier than Qatari planes shot them down of their first aerial fight mission, two sources briefed on the operation instructed CNN.
On Monday morning, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard dispatched two Soviet-era Su-24 tactical bombers towards al-Udeid Air Base, which generally homes 10,000 US service members, and Ras Laffan, a key pure gasoline processing facility and a bedrock of the Qatari financial system.
The Iranian jets had been “two minutes” away from their targets, one of many sources mentioned. A second supply instructed CNN that the planes had been visually recognized and photographed “carrying bombs and guided munitions.”
Qatar then dispatched its warplanes, and a Qatari F-15 fighter engaged the Iranian jets in “aerial fight” earlier than downing them.
