
Qatar Forces Down Iranian Bombers Near U.S. Base, Marking First Air Combat
Iranian SU-24 bombers came within about two minutes of striking Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar—the largest U.S. base in the Middle East—before Qatar’s F-15s and allied warplanes shot them down; Qatar also intercepted seven ballistic missiles and five drones, in what authorities described as its first air-to-air combat.
