Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesman, Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced that the Yemeni air defenses managed to down a Phantom reconnaissance aircraft in Al-Tinah area in Hajaj’s Hayran governorate.
He noted that the aircraft belongs to the Saudi-led Sudanese force operating in the Arab impoverished country as part of the Saudi-led Coalition.
“It was downed with an appropriate weapon after carrying out hostile acts, Saree was quoted as saying by Yemen’s Al-Massirah.
Earlier on Monday, Yemeni forces downed two spy aircrafts. The first one in Hudeidah while the second was downed over Saada.