The U.S. Central Command spokesperson reported that the device was carrying out a combat mission over Iran erstwhile it was "forced to make an emergency landing". The plane was scheduled to land without a problem, and an investigation is being conducted on the circumstances of the situation. So it's possible that we're dealing with the first F-35 hit in past and the first stealth hit since the 2 U.S. F-117 Nighthawk in the Kosovo War (one of these machines was shot down, the another barely returned to base in Italy).