US EditionIran Calls on Public to Find ‘Enemy Pilot’ as US Continues Frantic Search
The search follows the first U.S. aircraft loss in Iranian territory during the war, with one service member rescued and one still missing, officials said.
- On Saturday, the United States military pressed ahead searching for a missing pilot in southwestern Iran after the Islamic Republic shot down an F-15E Strike Eagle on Friday. Iran promised a reward for the "enemy pilot."
- The downing marked the first loss of American aircraft in Iranian territory during the six-week war, occurring two days after President Donald Trump claimed in a national address that the United States had "completely decimated" Iran.
- One crew member was rescued, but the Pentagon confirmed receiving notification of "an aircraft being shot down" while the status of a second service member remained unknown. The search focused on the mountainous Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province.
- Separately, an apparent Iranian drone damaged Oracle headquarters in Dubai on Saturday. The Dubai Media Office noted a "minor incident caused by debris from an aerial interception that fell on the facade."
- Mediators from Pakistan, Turkey, and Egypt worked to host peace talks while parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf threatened Friday to disrupt the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, a 32 km waterway facilitating a quarter of global container ship traffic.
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Los Angeles Times
Spectrum News 13As search for missing U.S. airman continues, Trump again issues threat over Strait of Hormuz
As President Trump warned Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, the American military continued its search for a missing service member in a remote area in southwestern Iran after a U.S. plane was shot down.
The Korea Times
Iran calls on public to find 'enemy pilot' as US continues frantic search
TEL AVIV, Israel — The U.S. military pressed ahead Saturday in a frantic search for a missing pilot over a remote area in Iran, a day after the Isl...
The search for the missing crew member in Iran continues. Tehran has promised a reward for whoever finds him – at the same time as US special forces have arrived.
The fall of two U.S. military aircraft in the Iran conflict this Friday, coupled with the search for an Air Force pilot missing in enemy territory, adds to the hermetism of the U.S. President Donald Trump's government over the conflict, which he has contemplated ending in about three weeks.Continue reading...
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