US-Built Military Jet Crashes in Iran, Killing Three, State TV Reports

US-Built Military Jet Crashes in Iran, Killing Three, State TV Reports
Firefighters work to put out the fire after a fighter jet crashed in Tabriz, Iran, on Feb. 21, 2022. (Tasnim News/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
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DUBAI—A U.S.–built F5 jet in use by the Iranian military crashed into the wall of a school in the northwestern city of Tabriz on Monday, killing the two pilots and a person on the ground, Iranian state TV reported on Monday.

The school was closed at the time of the crash just before 9 a.m. (0530 GMT), army spokesman Shahin Taqi-Khani said.