Washington, Jun 20 (UNI) Iran shot down a US naval surveillance drone near the Strait of Hormuz, the US Central Command confirmed the incident on Thursday amid growing tensions in the Persian Gulf region.
"US Central Command can confirm that a US Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (or BAMS-D) ISR aircraft was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile system while operating in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz at approximately 2335 hrs GMT on June 19, 2019," a CENTCOM spokesman, Capt Bill Urban, said in a statement.
However, he denied the reports that the drone was inside Iranian airspace when it was shot down.