Get you up to speed: Iran offers rewards for capture of missing US fighter jet pilot after downing
A two-seater F-15 plane went down over Iran, with one crew member, a weapons system officer, still missing. Iran is reportedly offering over $60,000 for anyone who captures the missing crew member.
Iran is reportedly offering over $60,000 (£45,000) for anyone who captures the missing crew member from the downed F-15 aircraft, as announced by an anchor in the country’s Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province. According to NBC, the pilot was rescued by American troops, while the weapons system officer remains unaccounted for.
The hunt for the missing weapons system officer continues, with Iran offering over $60,000 (£45,000) for anyone who captures the crew member alive. Meanwhile, US service members involved in the search and rescue mission for the pilot have sustained minor injuries from Iranian strikes on two UH 60 Blackhawk helicopters.
Hunt for US fighter jet pilot downed by Iran continues | News World
The hunt is still on for a US fighter jet pilot whose aircraft was downed by Iran as the country desperately fires at more helicopters and planes.
A two-seater F-15 plane went down over Iran yesterday, with only one of the servicemen inside rescued, NBC reports.
The missing crew member is reportedly a weapons system officer, while the pilot was rescued yesterday by the American troops.
The White House has yet to make any official statement, but images are being shared of the wreck.
A ‘precious prize’ is being offered in Iran to find the missing pilot as Tehran strikes more aircraft across the Middle East.
The anchor on the channel in Iran’s Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province read the following announcement: ‘If you capture the enemy pilot or pilots alive and hand them over to the police, you will receive a precious prize.’
Iran is reportedly offering over $60,000 (£45,000) for anyone who captures the missing crew member.
A second US plane – an A-10 Thunderbolt known as a Warthog – was downed over Kuwaiti airspace.
An ejection seat from the jet was found in southern Iran (Picture: IRGC/UNPIXS)
Iranian state media shared footage which appears to show the aircraft being blown out of the sky.
The pilot managed to eject before the aircraft crashed.
A second crew member on board the F-15E jet was reportedly rescued alive by the US teams and is receiving medical treatment.
Iran has also hit two UH 60 Blackhawk helicopters involved in the search and rescue, with service members receiving minor injuries.
This marks the first time a US jet has been downed by enemy fire since the start of Operation Epic Fury.
It comes after Donald Trump said Iran had been ‘completely decimated’.
The US president refused to discuss last night the search and rescue effort for the missing pilot in Iran.
When asked if it will affect any negotiations with Iran, he replied: ‘No, not at all. No it’s war. We’re in war.’
Pentagon data has revealed the number of US service members wounded in the Iranian war has risen to 365.
Meanwhile, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has said that US and Israeli airstrikes landed near the Bushehr nuclear plant today.
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation said one protection employee was killed in the attack, which is thought to be the fourth time the plant has been targeted during the latest war.
Araghchi also accused the US media of misrepresenting Iran’s position towards any future peace negotiations in Pakistan after reports that Iran had snubbed the American ceasefire offer.
Araghchi said the government is focused on finding an end to the ‘illegal war.’
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