Report: Iranian F-4 fighter jet crashes in country's south, 2 pilots killed
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An Iranian news agency says one of the country's F-4 fighter jets has crashed in southern Iran and that the two pilots on board were killed.
The report by the semi-official ISNA news agency says the aircraft went down near a lake, shortly after taking off from a military air base in Shiraz around noon on Tuesday. Shiraz is 680 kilometers (420 miles) south of the capital, Tehran.
Gen. Hossein Mohammadi, a provincial military chief, says an investigation is underway at the scene of the crash.
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The plane was also used for training but the purpose of Tuesday's flight was not immediately clear.
Iran's air force has an assortment of U.S.-made military aircraft, including F-4s, purchased before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It has also Russian-made MiG and Sukhoi planes.