Uskowi on Iran has learned that the Iranian military jet crashed at Mehrabad airport in Tehran on 14 April was a Russian-built Soukhoi Su-24 fighter belonging to Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF).
The picture of the crash at Mehrabad shows that the Su-24 was involved in a crash landing. The landing gears were either not retracted or collapsed at the impact. The angles of the vertical stabilizer are indeed suggestive of a Su-24.
The aircrew, the pilot and a weapons system operator, successfully ejected seconds before the impact.
source : uskowioniran.blogspot.com/
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the pilots forgot to lower the landing gear. The USAF estimated the damage to the B-1B at $7.9 million, and the damage to the runway at $14,025.