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WASHINGTON — An Iranian jet fighter pursued an American surveillance drone over the Persian Gulf this week but ended the chase after a radio warning from an American escort plane, Pentagon officials said Thursday. . . .
The Pentagon press secretary, George Little, said that in the episode on Tuesday, an Iranian F-4 jet fighter approached within 16 miles of the Predator, which was being escorted by a pair of American military aircraft. United States officials did not say what type of American planes were involved.

The type that could shoot him down with the push of a button, obviously.

The lunacy of trying to score points by targeting unarmed (and slow) UAVs aside, it's good to know that F-4s are still flying somewhere. That old iron was an impressive beast.

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