Video footage of a fighter jet evading an anti-aircraft missile has been miscaptioned online as an aerial confrontation between the ​U.S. and Iran in 2026. The footage can be traced to ‌a December 2025 post by a social media account that shares simulation aircraft videos.

Three U.S. fighter jets involved in the offensive against Iran were shot down mistakenly by Kuwait’s air defenses, the U.S. military’s Central Command said.

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North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambled jet fighters, AWACs and other aircraft to intercept, identify and monitor the Russians.