ISIS militants down US warplane

The US airforce has denied claims made by ISIS that it shot down an American fighter jet, foxnews.com reports.

The terror group claimed tonight that it shot down a US fighter jet close to an Iraqi airbase.

The Amaq news agency - which is seen as ISIS’s official media outlet - reported a US warplane had come down near the Ayn Asad Airbase in western Anbar.

It reported that the crew have all been killed.

However, speaking to Mirror Online, a US Air Force spokesman said: "We can confirm with confidence that no US aircraft have been shot down in Iraq at all. We have accounted for all of our aircraft."

The airbase is a joint Iraqi Armed Forces and US armed forces base.