In this file photo dated March 2, 2021, courtesy of US Navy, the United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, "Thunderbirds", and the US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, debut a F-16 Fighting Falcon and F/A-18 Super Hornet flight formation known as the "Super Delta" during a joint training evolution over Naval Air Facility (NAF) El Centro, California. (PHOTO / US NAVY / AFP)
TEHRAN – Iran said its naval forces on Sunday detected an unauthorized entry by a US Navy "spy plane" into the country's airspace and warned off the aircraft, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
After receiving the Iranian naval forces' warning, the US Navy's EP-3E aircraft, flying above the Sea of Oman, left the country's airspace and returned to international air routes, Tasnim quoted the public relations department of the Iranian Army's Navy as saying.
There was no immediate comment from the United States.
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The Lockheed EP-3 is an electronic signals reconnaissance variant of the P-3 Orion, operated by the US Navy.