World / Iran US Jets Shoo Away Iran Plane Chasing Drone Pentagon says craft was in international airspace By John Johnson, Newser Staff Posted Mar 14, 2013 5:18 PM CDT Copied This 2011 file photo shows a Predator B unmanned aircraft landing in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) US and Iranian fighter pilots have had another close encounter. The Pentagon says an Iranian jet began following an unmanned surveillance drone in international airspace earlier this week, reports the Wall Street Journal. It didn't break off pursuit until two US jets approached within two miles of the Iranian craft and warned it away. CNN says the incident took place over Oman. Last November, Iran jets fired at a US drone and missed, and in 2011, Iran captured a US spy drone that crashed. (More Iran stories.) Report an error