An American F-15 fighter jet was shot down and crashed Monday morning in .
According to video on X, at least one pilot managed to eject and bail out as he landed on the ground.
At least one pilot ejected before the fighter jet crash in Kuwait.
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The first estimates are that it was shot down by friendly fire while the American fighter was flying over Kuwait as part of an operation to locate and shoot down enemy drones.
There was no immediate comment from the US military on the circumstances of the incident.
Footage of an F-15 falling out of the sky this morning over Kuwait, in an apparent “friendly fire” incident involving the U.S. Air Force.
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Smoke over the US embassy
A column of thick smoke is rising from the area where the US embassy in Kuwait is located and firefighters have rushed to the area and are working, an eyewitness told the Reuters news agency.
“Do not come to the embassy,” the US diplomatic mission in Kuwait said in a statement a while ago, urging its staff and Americans in the country to “take cover”, find safe shelter “in your residences on the lowest possible floor” and stay “away from windows”, due to the threat of attacks with “missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles”.
Multiple credible outlets confirm smoke rising near or above the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait City, following air raid sirens, with firefighters and ambulances on scene.
Witnesses and correspondents (including from Reuters and AFP) have directly observed it, and the U.S. Embassy in…
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At the same time, the emirate’s KIPIC company announced that an unmanned aerial vehicle hit a refinery, injuring two workers.
Earlier, authorities said air defense intercepted an unspecified number of drones.
At least one person has been killed and 32 others injured in Kuwait — all foreigners — due to Iranian retaliation, according to health ministry data released Sunday.
