Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's claims early Thursday came under question after an American F-35 fighter jet had to make an emergency landing after coming under suspected Iranian fire during a combat mission over Iran.

(Tribune News Service) — The U.S. Navy’s “Doomsday” plane was spotted performing landing exercises at Fresno Yosemite International Airport in California on Sunday. The massive aircraft, a Boeing E-6B Mercury, can act as the president’s emergency operations hub in times of national security threats, such as a nuclear war.

An American military aerial refueling tanker that was involved in the U.S. military operation in Iran crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, multiple U.S. officials told CBS News. The U.S. military later confirmed that a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker went down.