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Flight Global  ISAF confirms possible UAV downing in Iran
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(ISAF) has confirmed Iran may have recovered a unmanned air
vehicle lost a week ago over western Afghanistan.  Iranian news
agencies announced recovering a lightly damaged American UAV,
which they identified as the stealthy Lockheed Martin RQ-170
Sentinel.   The statement appears to confirm a lost UAV but
excludes pertinent information such as the type of aircraft and
its ultimate fate. The US Air Force confirmed that
reconnaissance missions are routinely flown in the area, but
declined to add additional information, including whether
flights take place over Iran.  Subsequent media reports cite
anonymous US officials confirming the crash in Iran and capture
of an RQ-170.  Iran claims the aircraft was downed by an
electronic warfare unit, which interfered with the UAV's d