Officials said on Friday that the US military had rescued a pilot after an aircraft was shot down over Iran's airspace. They also said that a search operation is still going on to save the other pilot. This is the first time the US military has lost an aircraft over the Iranian territory since the beginning of the conflict in the Middle East in February. Officials said on Friday that the US military had rescued a pilot after an aircraft was shot down over Iran's airspace. They also said that a search operation is still going on to save the other pilot. Since the start of the conflict in the Middle East in February, this is the first time the US military has lost an airplane over Iranian land.
According to officials,
News from CBSsaid that the downed American fighter jet was the 4.5 generation F-15E, which has a crew of two.
International IranExperts also said that an F-15E has been shot down. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), on the other hand, says that the downed jet was a fifth-generation F-35.
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said that President Donald Trump has also been told about the situation, but she didn't say anything else. The US military has not yet confirmed the details about the jet, though. It should be noted that the IRGC said last month that it had "targeted" and "damaged" an F-35. The US military had confirmed that the jet had landed in a friendly country and said it was looking into the matter.
On April 3, photos and videos of the downed American fighter jet went viral on social media. A lot of social media accounts have also shared videos of American planes, helicopters, and drones searching for and rescuing people in Iran's mountainous areas. But no one can check the photos and videos on their own.
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Iran's search for a US pilot who was shot downAt the same time, Iranian officials have asked people to help the military find the pilot of the crashed jet. They said that the people of southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province will be praised if the pilot is caught alive or killed.Iran's Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province is a rural and mountainous area.
An Iranian reporter on a channel said, "Dear and honorable people of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, if you capture the enemy pilot or pilots alive and give them to the police and military, you will get a valuable reward and bonus."
The war in Iran has been going on for six weeks now, and all sides are still attacking each other's military bases. The war has had a big impact on the world economy. For example, Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz, which is a shipping route between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. About 20% of the world's oil passes through this strait.
Donald Trump, the President of the United States, has warned Iran that the Islamic Republic must open the chokepoint or else American forces will keep attacking it. Iran, on the other hand, has been strong and warned the US against a ground invasion, saying that the US military would get a fitting response. It has also said that it will keep attacking US and Israeli bases in the Middle East.
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