US EditionUS presses search for a missing serviceman as Iran calls on public to find 'enemy pilot'
Iranian state media offered rewards as U.S. forces rescued one crew member and searched for another after the downing, officials said.
- On Friday, officials confirmed two U.S. warplanes—an F-15E over Iran and an A-10 Warthog over Kuwait—were downed by Iranian fire, leaving one pilot missing and prompting urgent search operations.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps is searching for the missing airman in southwestern Iran while the regional governor promised a commendation to anyone who captures or kills the "forces of the hostile enemy."
- Tensions escalated as Iran struck the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation's Mina al-Ahmadi refinery with drones on Friday; attacks were also intercepted over Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi.
- U.S. Central Command reports 13 service members killed and more than 300 wounded, with the missing pilot raising stakes for Washington in a conflict with low public support.
- Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on X the U.S. and Israel's war had been "downgraded from regime change" to a hunt for their pilots, as ceasefire efforts led by Pakistan reached a dead-end.
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The navigator of the U.S. F-15 fighter shot down on Friday over southwestern Iran has been missing for more than 24 hours despite the enormous search operation launched by the Pentagon. The pilot could be rescued on Friday afternoon by his country’s Black Hawk helicopters. The search for the U.S. aviator of the same aircraft continues against the clock. Both on Tehran’s part, eager to capture a military man who would give them a phenomenal barga…
U.S. military continues frantic search for missing airman shot down over Iran, while Tehran calls on public to find 'enemy pilot'
Saturday's search for the pilot focused on a mountainous region in the country’s southwestern province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad.
US Jets Brought Down by Iranian Fire; Search for Missing Pilot Intensifies
Search intensifies after US jets come down near Iran, leaving one pilot missing. Credit: Flickr / Airman Magazine / CC BY NC 2 Two US military jets came down in separate incidents after being hit by fire from Iran, deepening an already dangerous confrontation and triggering an urgent search for a missing American pilot. US and Iranian officials said rescue teams recovered two pilots, while a third remains unaccounted for. The incidents have incr…
U.S. searches for missing pilot as Iran calls on public to find 'enemy pilot'
While the search-and-rescue efforts for the second serviceman from the downed American fighter jet are ongoing, Iranian state media said another attack plane had been struck and called on residents to turn in any 'enemy pilots'
'Your sons under more danger with Trump': Iran's reply to US woman over missing pilot claims
A woman, who claimed that she is a mother of a fighter pilot of the US military and her son is reportedly missing since an F-15 jet was downed in Iran, has received a firm response from Tehran, which said her children were in more danger under President Donald Trump than they would be under Iranian custody. The woman, with a user name of @lovelynancie on X (formerly called Twitter), said one of her sons was a fighter pilot and she has not heard…
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