REFILE-Iran says several 'enemy aircraft' destroyed during US pilot rescue mission

DUBAI, April 5 (Reuters) - Several aircraft were destroyed during the U.S. mission to find a stranded airman in Iran, the Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday according to Tasnim news agency.

"During a joint operation (Aerospace, Ground Force, Popular Units, Basij and Police command), enemy aircraft were destroyed," the group said after Iran's police command announced an American C-130 plane had been downed in the south of Isfahan.

Earlier on Sunday, Iran's army also said they had downed an Israeli drone in the same province.