{"id":47412,"date":"2026-03-12T05:41:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/video-shows-us-forces-destroying-some-of-irans-old-american-made-warplanes\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T05:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:41:24","slug":"video-shows-us-forces-destroying-some-of-irans-old-american-made-warplanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/video-shows-us-forces-destroying-some-of-irans-old-american-made-warplanes\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows US forces destroying some of Iran&#8217;s old American-made warplanes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69b2259ba96e437d6eb82d60?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A P-3F Orion is struck by a munition on a runway.\"\/><figcaption>US Central Command posted a video showing three planes, including two old US-made aircraft, being destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Screenshot via X\/US Central Command<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>US forces posted new videos of them destroying old American aircraft in Iran.<\/li>\n<li>The footage appears to show a C-130 Hercules and P-3F Orion being set on fire by strikes.<\/li>\n<li>Iran operates an aging fleet of American planes that it bought before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>US Central Command released new footage on Wednesday of strikes against some of Iran&#039;s old American-made surveillance and transport military aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>The videos, posted on X, showed a Lockheed C-130 Hercules and a Lockheed P-3F Orion being set ablaze by airstrikes as they were grounded on runways.<\/p>\n<p>It&#039;s unclear when or where the strikes occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The C-130&#039;s frame appears to collapse upon the strike&#039;s impact, with the fuselage separating from its wings in a fireball.<\/p>\n<p>The clips also showed the apparent destruction of an Ilyushin Il-76, a Soviet-designed strategic airlift freighter.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The Iranian regime is losing air capability day by day,&quot; CENTCOM wrote in its post.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Iranian regime is losing air capability day by day. U.S. forces aren\u2019t just defending against Iranian threats, we are methodically dismantling them. pic.twitter.com\/CrJj2nFtHB<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 12, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Iran has an aging fleet of C-130E and C-130H transport aircraft, which it acquired from the US before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Tehran was believed to field about 28 of these turboprop planes, but it&#039;s unclear how many remain after recent strikes on its military assets.<\/p>\n<p>Iran also purchased six P-3F Orion maritime surveillance aircraft before the revolution and was, until recently, believed to still operate five of them. Its air force is also reported to have roughly five IL-76s.<\/p>\n<p>Separate satellite images from Monday obtained by Business Insider also show that several of Iran&#039;s American-made F-14 Tomcat fighter jets \u2014 made famous by the film &quot;Top Gun&quot; \u2014 were destroyed at an airbase in Isfahan.<\/p>\n<p>The US and Israel have continued to launch strikes against Iran, saying they&#039;ve attacked over 5,500 sites and military assets since February 28.<\/p>\n<p>Many of those strikes targeted Iranian naval vessels, which the US is concerned may threaten the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway that services about a fifth of the world&#039;s oil supply. Over a dozen reported attacks on the strait have reduced its traffic to a crawl, sending oil prices briefly spiking over $100.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the war with Iran may end soon and there was &quot;practically nothing left to target&quot; in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Any time I want it to end, it will end,&quot; he told Axios in a phone call.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Central Command posted a video showing three planes, including two old US-made aircraft, being destroyed. Screenshot via X\/US Central Command US forces posted new videos of them destroying old American aircraft in Iran. The footage appears to show a C-130 Hercules and P-3F Orion being set on fire by strikes. 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