Two C-130 aircraft were lost during the operation, an official said.
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The Bahrain Defence Force said in a post to X on Sunday that its air defenses intercepted 13 drones over the past 24 hours.
Bahrain's total interception tallies since Feb. 28 now stand at 188 missiles and 466 drones, the force said.
Iran's semi-official, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated Tasnim News Agency on Sunday claimed that Iranian forces destroyed "several" U.S. aircraft which were involved in the operation to rescue the second F-15 crew member downed over Iran on Friday.
Other state-run and semi-official news agencies, among them the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting television station, also published the claim, which was attributed to a spokesperson for the Iranian military’s Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters.
The spokesperson claimed that Iranian forces destroyed two C-130 aircraft, as well as two Black Hawk helicopters, Tasnim reported.
The Iranian military has previously made unconfirmed claims alleging damage to U.S. military assets. U.S. officials told ABC News that American forces destroyed two stuck C-130s during the rescue operation to avoid them falling into Iranian hands.
U.S. officials have also said that two Black Hawk helicopters were hit by incoming fire during the operation to retrieve the first of the downed F-15 airmen on Friday.
-ABC News’ Rashid Haddou
Bapco Energies said on Sunday that an Iranian drone attack caused a fire at one of its storage facilities in Bahrain, according to a statement sent to ABC News' by Bahrain's National Communication Centre.
"The fire has been fully extinguished, and the situation is under control. Damages are currently being assessed and evaluated. No injuries have been reported," the statement said.
The Bahraini Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company also said that a number of its operational units were attacked by Iranian drones in the early hours of Sunday morning, causing "fires across the affected units," according to a report by the state-run Bahrain News Agency.
"All fires have since been fully extinguished and the situation is now under control," the statement said. The GPIC reported no casualties related to the incident.
The Abu Dhabi Media Office on Sunday reported "several fires" at the Borouge Petrochemicals Factory caused by what it said was falling debris "after a successful interception" of projectiles by air defense systems.
"Operations at the factory have been suspended immediately pending an assessment of the damage, no injuries have been recorded so far," the media office said in a post to X.
