A U.S. F-15E fighter jet was downed over Iran Friday, and one crew member from the aircraft was later rescued by American forces, U.S. officers confirmed to CBS Information.
The F-15E is flown by a two-member crew and a search and rescue effort is ongoing, sources mentioned.
Earlier Friday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard claimed it shot down a U.S. fighter jet over the center of the nation.
Photographs and video have been circulating on social media, shared by Iranian state information retailers, suggesting no less than one U.S. C-130 plane and two Black Hawk helicopters have been noticed flying low over central and southwest Iran in what was described as a doable effort to find and recuperate the crew.
CBS Information reported earlier this week that the U.S. navy had misplaced no less than 16 MQ-9 Reaper drones over Iran for the reason that struggle started, and three U.S. F-15 fighter jets have been shot down over Kuwait in a “pleasant hearth incident” early within the battle, however there have been no casualties.
The downing of the jet Friday comes after repeated assertions by President Trump, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth and navy commanders of U.S. air superiority that largely disadvantaged Iran of assault capabilities and air defenses throughout the struggle.
“Now in our fifth week of the marketing campaign, it’s my operational evaluation that we’re making simple progress. We do not see their navy crusing. We do not see their plane flying, and their air and missile protection programs have largely been destroyed,” CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper mentioned Thursday.
An area affiliate of Iran’s state TV channel mentioned Friday a prize being provided for anybody in a position to “seize the enemy pilot or pilots alive and hand them over to the police.”
The Related Press mentioned the TV broadcast included a written message urging viewers to shoot at any U.S. plane seen flying overhead.
