US EditionUS presses search for a missing serviceman as Iran calls on public to find 'enemy pilot'
One crew member was rescued, and Iranian forces offered a reward as U.S. search teams hunted the second airman.
- The Iranian military downed a United States F-15E Strike Eagle over Iranian airspace on Friday, prompting a search-and-rescue operation; one of the two crew members was rescued by United States forces, while the second remains missing.
- Operation Epic Fury, which began Feb 28 with joint United States and Israel airstrikes, provides context for this incident; debris identified the aircraft as assigned to the Fighter Squadron deployed from RAF Lakenheath in England.
- United States forces deployed an A-10 Warthog and an Air Force UH-60 Black Hawk to locate the missing service member, though The Iranian military fire reportedly struck both aircraft during the rescue effort.
- The Iranian authorities in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad urged villagers to assist in the manhunt, promising to "receive a precious prize" for handing over American pilots alive, while Pentagon officials monitor the situation.
- Pentagon figures confirm 365 United States service members have been wounded and 13 killed since the conflict began; the Defense Department stated the second crew member's status remains unknown as the search continues near the Strait of Hormuz.
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New York, 5 Apr (EFE).- The U.S. forces managed to rescue alive the co-pilot of Iran’s downed hunt after an intense search and rescue mission with which Washington avoided more than losing one of its troops: that he be captured by the Persian country and give Tehran an advantage. Trump announced this Sunday, after one of the “toughest search and rescue operations in history” they managed to rescue the military, who is “seriously wounded.”
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TEL AVIV, Israel — The American military searched for a second day for a pilot shot down over a remote area in Iran, while U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday again threatened Tehran over his Monday deadline to open the…
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