Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force F-5E Tiger II Crash

An Iranian Air Force F-5 jet crashed onto a school sports ground in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, on 21 February 2022. Al Jazeera reported that a local army official told state media the training aircraft crashed because of technical issues, and that the two pilots and a civilian sitting in a parked vehicle were killed. RFE/RL reported that the jet hit a school stadium in a residential area and that IRNA gave the same toll. Aviation Safety Network records the airframe as an F-5F two-seater.