Get you up to speed: US military initiates search operation after fighter jet reportedly downed in Iran
The US military has initiated a search operation following the reported downing of a US F-15 jet in Iran, which is believed to have been targeted by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). One crew member has been rescued, while search efforts continue for the second pilot in the mountainous Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is thought to have taken down a US F-15E fighter jet, according to sources cited by CBS News. Following the incident, America’s search and rescue teams have successfully rescued one of the crew members, while efforts continue to locate the second pilot.
American search and rescue aircraft are actively scouring the mountainous Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in southwestern Iran for the second pilot of the F-15E jet, whose location remains unknown. Meanwhile, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is believed to have shot down the jet, and Iranian media reports suggest that local tribes are aiming to target US helicopters involved in the search.
Hunt for missing pilot after US F-15 fighter jet is shot down over Iran | News World
The US military has launched a major search operation after a fighter jet was reportedly taken down in Iran.
Iran’s state-linked media has been taunting the Americans with images appearing to be from the wreckage of a US F-15 jet.
Footage appears to show the ejection seat from the Air Force jet, which Iran claims it shot down this morning.
One crew member on board the F-15E jet has been rescued by the US teams, while the second pilot is still being searched for, according to two officials speaking to CBS News.
The location of the pilot is not currently known, but American search and rescue aircraft are scouring the area.
Footage shared on social media claims to show American search and rescue aircraft flying low deep in Iran (Picture: Clashreport)
While the site of the downing has not been disclosed, it is thought to be somewhere in the mountainous Kohkilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in southwestern Iran.
Officials told the New York Times that teams are looking for the missing pilots before Iran could get to them.
The fighter jet is thought to have been taken down by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
Iran’s state media has reportedly called for residents to search for the pilots for a reward, and target any search aircraft.
Iranian media claimed that tribes in the area have tried to shoot down US helicopters involved in the search mission, which are reportedly flying low.
WTX has contacted the US CENTCOM and Pentagon for a comment.
Donald Trump is yet to comment publicly on the incident, but the White House has reportedly said that the president has been briefed on the incident.
Earlier, Trump issued fresh threats against Iran, saying the US military ‘hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran.’
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Trump said the US military ‘hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran’ last night (Picture: Alex Brandon/UPI/Shutterstock)
He wrote in a Truth Social post on Thursday evening that Iran’s bridges and electric power plants will be ‘next.’
The POTUS boasted that the US can ‘easily open the Hormuz strait, take the oil and make a fortune.’
‘It would be a “gusher” for the world???’ he wrote.
Last month, six US Air Force soldiers survived after their F-15 fighter jet was shot down over Kuwait in a friendly fire mix-up amid Iranian air strikes.
They parachuted to safety after ejecting themselves and landed safely in the Kuwaiti desert, where locals realised what country they were from.
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